Re: [PATCH v15 00/13] fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 15, 2026, 18:43 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5x5s6p3w.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <487628C4-596C-4870-A652-E1670C700AD7@gmail.com>

Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com> writes:

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>> Le 15 avr. 2026 à 09:27, Paul Tarjan via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> a écrit :
>> 
>> This series implements the built-in fsmonitor daemon for Linux using the
>> inotify API, bringing it to feature parity with the existing Windows and
>> macOS implementations. It also fixes two memory leaks in the
>> platform-independent daemon code and deduplicates the IPC and settings logic
>> that is now shared between macOS and Linux.
>
> Troubleshooting a Gentoo build failure of next has me pretty
> convinced this topic is in there already. Junio should probably
> check my math, but I think that means we want to see fixes on top
> of that base now (unless we are reverting this topic from next and
> queuing a new version?).
>
> (The failure is a Gentoo-ism; we carry a patch that stops applying
> with this series. Not anything this project needs to worry about.)

I reverted it yesterday out of 'next'. I do not recall I had a chance to push it out, but my intention is keep this round in 'seen' but out of 'next' until people are happy with it (which means folks who test diligently like you do would need to peek into 'seen' as well as 'next').