Re: Detecting when bulk file-system operations complete

> Hi,
>
> I develop IDE tooling that watches a repo's workspace and reacts to changes.
>
> Bulk file-system changes (i.e. branch switch, rebase, merge,
> cherry-pick) trigger lots of file system events, and my tooling should
> ignore intermediary updates. Currently I debounce events with a fixed
> time span, but would like a more reliable and performant approach to
> scheduling this reactive work.
>
> Can this be done by monitoring the GITDIR in some way? For example, is
> there a file that's present when these operations are in flight, and
> which is removed when they complete?
>
> If an operation is interrupted (i.e. merge or rebase that hits a
> conflict) my tooling should consider the bulk operation as complete.
> This means that detecting a git-rebase-todo file or
> rebase-merge/rebase-apply folder is not adequate.
>
> Any help appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Drew.