Re: [PATCH 00/12] fsmonitor: Implement fsmonitor for Linux

> Goal is to deliver fsmonitor for Linux that is on par with fsmonitor for
> Windows and Mac OS.
>
> This patch set builds upon previous work for done for Windows and Mac OS
> (first 6 patches) to implement a fsmonitor back-end for Linux based on the
> Linux inotify API. inotify differs significantly from the equivalent Windows
> and Mac OS APIs in that a watch must be registered for every directory of
> interest (rather than a singular watch at the root of the directory tree)
> and special care must be taken to handle directory renames correctly.