Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] Add a sample query-fsmonitor hook script that integrates with the cross platform Watchman file watching service.

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ben Peart [mailto:peartben@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 3:14 PM
>> To: git@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: gitster@pobox.com; benpeart@microsoft.com; pclouds@gmail.com;
>> johannes.schindelin@gmx.de; David Turner <David.Turner@twosigma.com>;
>> peff@peff.net
>> Subject: [PATCH v1 5/5] Add a sample query-fsmonitor hook script that
>> integrates with the cross platform Watchman file watching service.
>>
>> To use the script:
>>
>> Download and install Watchman from https://facebook.github.io/watchman/
>> and instruct Watchman to watch your working directory for changes
>> ('watchman watch-project /usr/src/git').
>>
>> Rename the sample integration hook from query-fsmonitor.sample to query-
>> fsmonitor.
>>
>> Configure git to use the extension ('git config core.fsmonitor true') and
>> optionally turn on the untracked cache for optimal performance ('git config
>> core.untrackedcache true').
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>> ---
>>   templates/hooks--query-fsmonitor.sample | 27
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 templates/hooks--query-fsmonitor.sample
>>
>> diff --git a/templates/hooks--query-fsmonitor.sample b/templates/hooks--
>> query-fsmonitor.sample
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..4bd22f21d8
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/templates/hooks--query-fsmonitor.sample
>> @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
>> +#!/bin/sh
>> +#
>> +# An example hook script to integrate Watchman #
>> +(https://facebook.github.io/watchman/) with git to provide fast # git
>> +status.
>> +#
>> +# The hook is passed a time_t formatted as a string and outputs to #
>> +stdout all files that have been modified since the given time.
>> +# Paths must be relative to the root of the working tree and #
>> +separated by a single NUL.
>> +#
>> +# To enable this hook, rename this file to "query-fsmonitor"
>> +
>> +# Convert unix style paths to escaped Windows style paths case "$(uname
>> +-s)" in
>> +MINGW*|MSYS_NT*)
>> +  GIT_WORK_TREE="$(cygpath -aw "$PWD" | sed 's,\\,\\\\,g')"
>> +  ;;
>> +*)
>> +  GIT_WORK_TREE="$PWD"
>> +  ;;
>> +esac
>> +
>> +# Query Watchman for all the changes since the requested time echo
>> +"[\"query\", \"$GIT_WORK_TREE\", {\"since\": $1,
>> +\"fields\":[\"name\"]}]" | \ watchman -j | \ perl -e 'use JSON::PP; my
>> +$o = JSON::PP->new->utf8->decode(join("", <>)); die "Watchman: $o-
>>> {'error'}.\nFalling back to scanning...\n" if defined($o->{"error"});
>> print(join("\0", @{$o->{"files"}}));'
> Last time I checked, the argument to 'since' was not a time_t -- it was a
> watchman clock spec.  Have you tested this?  Does it work?
>