Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Fast git status via a file system watcher

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> On 5/24/2017 6:54 AM, Christian Couder wrote:
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>>> A new git hook (query-fsmonitor) must exist and be enabled
>>> (core.fsmonitor=true) that takes a time_t formatted as a string and
>>> outputs to stdout all files that have been modified since the requested
>>> time.
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>> Is there a reason why there is a new hook, instead of a
>> "core.fsmonitorquery" config option to which you could pass whatever
>> command line with options?
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> A hook is a simple and well defined way to integrate git with another
> process.  If there is some fixed set of arguments that need to be passed to
> a file system monitor (beyond the timestamp stored in the index extension),
> they can be encoded in the integration script like I've done in the Watchman
> integration sample hook.