Re: inotify support, nearly there

From: Juan P <juandavid1707@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 21, 2014, 05:10 UTC
Message-ID: <loom.20140721T070730-175@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8CG5QUqYOM46mOHOWDKB-A45B2-fj1uS9OtgniV+P8Ktg@mail.gmail.com>

Duy Nguyen <pclouds <at> gmail.com> writes:

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> 
> Just a quick update for the enthusiasts. My branch file-watcher [1]
> has got working per-user inotify support. It's a 20 patch series so
> I'll refrain from spamming git <at> vger for a while, even though it hurts
> your eyes a lot less than what I have posted so far. The test suite
> ran fine with it so it's not that buggy. It has new tests too, even
> though real inotify is not tested in the new tests. Documentation is
> there, either in .txt or comments. Using it is simple:
> 
> $ mkdir ~/.watcher
> $ git file-watcher --detach ~/.watcher
> $ git config --global filewatcher.path $HOME/.watcher
>

Will this mean that Git would work faster with repositories with large number of files or commits? I am new into this topic, but I am trying to understand, any pointers are appreciated.