From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS3215 2.6.0.0/16 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from out1.vger.email (out1.vger.email [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:20]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9E21F403 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 23:47:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: dcvr.yhbt.net; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="DZ0ZQa24"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232168AbiJIXqd (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Oct 2022 19:46:33 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57274 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231477AbiJIXpz (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Oct 2022 19:45:55 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (pb-smtp20.pobox.com [173.228.157.52]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69CF95A8AC for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 16:17:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81A021C602A; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 18:24:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=AugUy5QXGr0SZ3fLRn7JVBuCamPZcJ3NS7Gt6X qgiUU=; b=DZ0ZQa240MdEhWLSt0xfgoMigqP5My9Cl5GViv+8dNCE4+vXrFAg+p qbao4NzegeYzBv1GGIfD6tWfldoWH5KVI+vc4HLfVzeogO5I12cRdAAsQy3QLKoS xw+pmld0zpavd1qiLUOEXeE039Jpcxjjwh1lQlgN2PctmfP9rK51Y= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A4111C6029; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 18:24:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.83.5.33]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A6BBE1C6028; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 18:24:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Eric DeCosta Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] fsmonitor: Implement fsmonitor for Linux References: Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:24:45 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget's message of "Sun, 09 Oct 2022 14:37:26 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 2E580170-4821-11ED-8A0F-C2DA088D43B2-77302942!pb-smtp20.pobox.com Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org "Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget" writes: > Goal is to deliver fsmonitor for Linux that is on par with fsmonitor for > Windows and Mac OS. > > This patch set builds upon previous work for done for Windows and Mac OS > (first 6 patches) ... For those who are watching from sidelines... The Windows part is already in Git 2.38; the changes needed for macOS are already in 'next' and the first 6 patches in this 12-patch series are identical to them. The patches 7-12 are new. > to implement a fsmonitor back-end for Linux based on the > Linux inotify API. inotify differs significantly from the equivalent Windows > and Mac OS APIs in that a watch must be registered for every directory of > interest (rather than a singular watch at the root of the directory tree) > and special care must be taken to handle directory renames correctly.