Re: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2021, #01; Sun, 1)

[Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com>]

On 8/2/21 1:45 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> 
> * jh/builtin-fsmonitor (2021-07-12) 35 commits
>   - BANDAID: sparse fixes
>   - t7527: test FS event reporing on MacOS WRT case and Unicode
>   - fsmonitor: handle shortname for .git
>   - t7527: test status with untracked-cache and fsmonitor--daemon
>   - fsmonitor: force update index after large responses
>   - fsmonitor: enhance existing comments
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: use a cookie file to sync with file system
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: periodically truncate list of modified files
>   - t7527: create test for fsmonitor--daemon
>   - t/perf/p7519: add fsmonitor--daemon test cases
>   - t/perf: avoid copying builtin fsmonitor files into test repo
>   - t/perf/p7519: speed up test using "test-tool touch"
>   - t/helper/test-touch: add helper to touch a series of files
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: implement handle_client callback
>   - fsmonitor-fs-listen-macos: implement FSEvent listener on MacOS
>   - fsmonitor-fs-listen-macos: add macos header files for FSEvent
>   - fsmonitor-fs-listen-win32: implement FSMonitor backend on Windows
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: create token-based changed path cache
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: define token-ids
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: add pathname classification
>   - fsmonitor: do not try to operate on bare repos
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: implement 'start' command
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: implement 'run' command
>   - fsmonitor-fs-listen-macos: stub in backend for MacOS
>   - fsmonitor-fs-listen-win32: stub in backend for Windows
>   - t/helper/fsmonitor-client: create IPC client to talk to FSMonitor Daemon
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: implement 'stop' and 'status' commands
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: add a built-in fsmonitor daemon
>   - fsmonitor: use IPC to query the builtin FSMonitor daemon
>   - fsmonitor: config settings are repository-specific
>   - help: include fsmonitor--daemon feature flag in version info
>   - fsmonitor-ipc: create client routines for git-fsmonitor--daemon
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: update fsmonitor documentation
>   - fsmonitor--daemon: man page
>   - simple-ipc: preparations for supporting binary messages.
> 
>   An attempt to write and ship with a watchman equivalent tailored
>   for our use.
> 
>   So, where are we with this topic?
> 

I'm working on a V4 that will incorporate the comments on V3 from
the mailing list and feedback from our beta testers of the experimental
version that we shipped in the GFW and GVFS versions of Git.

I'll hold V4 until after the v2.33 release.

Thanks,
Jeff