Re: core.fsmonitor always perform rescans

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 30, 2018, 10:28 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1803301226400.5026@qfpub.tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <CANqewP332-+esYWDPBtPif==wnb4PiNd89R1qTZsuWZAFSV0ew@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 26 Mar 2018, Tatsuyuki Ishi wrote:

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> I'm facing issue with core.fsmonitor.
> 
> I'm currently using the provided watchman hook, but it doesn't seem to
> record the fact that it has queried the fsmonitor backend, and as a
> result the timestamp passed to the hook doesn't seem to change.
> 
> As it always pass a timestamp before watchman has crawled the
> directories, watchman will always return all files inside the
> directory. This happens everytime I run a git command, resulting in
> slowness.
> 
> Is the timestamp not being updated an intended behavior, or is this a bug?

There are some bug fixes pending, and IIRC Alex was even working on some more patches that are in an intermediate stage. Alex, could you share them with us (even in their unfinished state, maybe others can help)?

Ciao, Johannes