patchfsmonitor: option to allow fsmonitor to run against network-mounted repos

compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, fsmonitor-ipc.c, fsmonitor-ipc.h

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index efc732c0f31..9e2ea3b90cc 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -2,10 +2,28 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
+/*
+ * Check if monitoring remote working directories is allowed.
+ *
+ * By default, monitoring remote working directories is
+ * disabled.  Users may override this behavior in enviroments where
+ * they have proper support.
+ */
+static int check_config_allowremote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow;
+
+	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
+		return allow;
+
+	return -1; /* fsmonitor.allowremote not set */
+}
+
 /*
  * [1] Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
  *
@@ -27,24 +45,22 @@
  * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
  * using the Hook or IPC API.
  *
+ * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
+ * incompatible by default.
+ *
  * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket for the
- * IPC in the .git directory.  If the working directory is remote,
- * then the socket will be created on the remote file system.  This
- * can fail if the remote file system does not support UDS file types
- * (e.g. smbfs to a Windows server) or if the remote kernel does not
- * allow a non-local process to bind() the socket.  (These problems
- * could be fixed by moving the UDS out of the .git directory and to a
- * well-known local directory on the client machine, but care should
- * be taken to ensure that $HOME is actually local and not a managed
- * file share.)
+ * IPC in the temporary directory.  If the temporary directory is
+ * remote, then the socket will be created on the remote file system.
+ * This can fail if the remote file system does not support UDS file
+ * types (e.g. smbfs to a Windows server) or if the remote kernel does
+ * not allow a non-local process to bind() the socket.
  *
- * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
+ * Therefore remote UDS locations are marked as incompatible.
  *
  *
  * [2] FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
  *
- * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the .git
+ * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the temporary
  * directory for IPC.  These Windows drive formats do not support
  * Unix domain sockets, so mark them as incompatible for the daemon.
  *
@@ -65,6 +81,39 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
 			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
 			 r->worktree, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
 
+	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL)) {
+		switch (check_config_allowremote(r)) {
+		case 0: /* config overrides and disables */
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+		case 1: /* config overrides and enables */
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		default:
+			break; /* config has no opinion */
+		}
+
+		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+	}
+
+	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+}
+
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(void)
+{
+	struct statfs fs;
+	const char *path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+
+	if (statfs(path, &fs) == -1) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
+				 path, strerror(saved_errno));
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
+			 path, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+
 	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 
@@ -85,5 +134,9 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
+	reason = check_uds_volume();
+	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+		return reason;
+
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.c b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
index 789e7397baa..6e9b40a03d5 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
+#include "tempfile.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 
 #ifndef HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
@@ -47,7 +48,51 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_pathfile, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+
+static char *gen_ipc_file(void)
+{
+	char *retval = NULL;
+	struct tempfile *ipc;
+
+	const char *ipc_file = fsmonitor_ipc__get_pathfile();
+	FILE *fp = fopen(ipc_file, "w");
+
+	if (!fp)
+		die_errno("error opening '%s'", ipc_file);
+	ipc = mks_tempfile_t("fsmonitor_ipc_XXXXXX");
+	strbuf_write(&ipc->filename, fp);
+	fclose(fp);
+	retval = strbuf_detach(&ipc->filename, NULL);
+	strbuf_release(&ipc->filename);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void)
+{
+	char *retval = NULL;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	const char *ipc_file = fsmonitor_ipc__get_pathfile();
+	FILE *fp = fopen(ipc_file, "r");
+
+	if (!fp) {
+		return gen_ipc_file();
+	} else {
+		strbuf_read(&sb, fileno(fp), 0);
+		fclose(fp);
+		fp = fopen(sb.buf, "r");
+		if (!fp) { /* generate new file */
+			if (unlink(ipc_file) < 0)
+				die_errno("could not remove '%s'", ipc_file);
+			return gen_ipc_file();
+		}
+		fclose(fp);
+		retval = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+		return retval;
+	}
+}
 
 enum ipc_active_state fsmonitor_ipc__get_state(void)
 {
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.h b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
index b6a7067c3af..63277dea39e 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void);
  */
 const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void);
 
+/*
+ * Returns the pathname to the file that contains the pathname to the
+ * IPC named pipe or Unix domain socket.
+ */
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_pathfile(void);
+
 /*
  * Try to determine whether there is a `git-fsmonitor--daemon` process
  * listening on the IPC pipe/socket.

base-commit: 9bf691b78cf906751e65d65ba0c6ffdcd9a5a12c

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index 907655720bb..e5ec5b0a9f7 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -24,6 +24,59 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if monitoring remote working directories is allowed.
+ *
+ * By default, monitoring remote working directories is
+ * disabled.  Users may override this behavior in enviroments where
+ * they have proper support.
+ */
+static int check_config_allowremote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow;
+
+	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
+		return allow;
+
+	return -1; /* fsmonitor.allowremote not set */
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check remote working directory protocol.
+ *
+ * Error if client machine cannot get remote protocol information.
+ */
+static int check_remote_protocol(wchar_t *wpath)
+{
+	HANDLE h;
+	FILE_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_INFO proto_info;
+
+	h = CreateFileW(wpath, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+			FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+
+	if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to open for read '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!GetFileInformationByHandleEx(h, FileRemoteProtocolInfo,
+		&proto_info, sizeof(proto_info))) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to get protocol information for '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		CloseHandle(h);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	CloseHandle(h);
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"check_remote_protocol('%ls') remote protocol %#8.8lx",
+				wpath, proto_info.Protocol);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
  *
@@ -76,6 +129,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
  */
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
 {
+	int ret;
 	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
 	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
 	size_t wlen;
@@ -115,6 +169,20 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
 		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
 				 "check_remote('%s') true",
 				 r->worktree);
+
+		ret = check_remote_protocol(wfullpath);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+
+		switch (check_config_allowremote(r)) {
+		case 0: /* config overrides and disables */
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+		case 1: /* config overrides and enables */
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		default:
+			break; /* config has no opinion */
+		}
+
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 	}
 

fsmonitor-ipc.c, fsmonitor-ipc.h, fsmonitor-settings.c, fsmonitor-settings.h

diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.c b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
index 789e7397baa..1e3f0a6cf48 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "fsmonitor.h"
-#include "simple-ipc.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
@@ -47,7 +46,42 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void)
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+	return fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+#else
+	char *retval;
+	SHA_CTX sha1ctx;
+	const char *git_dir;
+	const char *sock_dir;
+	struct strbuf ipc_file = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned char hash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+
+	if (fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(the_repository) < 1)
+		return fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+
+	git_dir = get_git_dir();
+	sock_dir = fsm_settings__get_socket_dir(the_repository);
+
+	SHA1_Init(&sha1ctx);
+	SHA1_Update(&sha1ctx, git_dir, strlen(git_dir));
+	SHA1_Final(hash, &sha1ctx);
+
+	if (sock_dir && *sock_dir)
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "%s/.git-fsmonitor-%s",
+					sock_dir, hash_to_hex(hash));
+	else
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "~/.git-fsmonitor-%s", hash_to_hex(hash));
+	retval = interpolate_path(ipc_file.buf, 1);
+	if (!retval)
+		die(_("Invalid path: %s"), ipc_file.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&ipc_file);
+	return retval;
+#endif
+}
 
 enum ipc_active_state fsmonitor_ipc__get_state(void)
 {
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.h b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
index b6a7067c3af..4d27223c2a6 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void);
  */
 const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void);
 
+/*
+ * Returns the pathname to the default IPC named pipe or Unix domain
+ * socket.
+ */
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path(void);
+
 /*
  * Try to determine whether there is a `git-fsmonitor--daemon` process
  * listening on the IPC pipe/socket.
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index 464424a1e92..a15eeecebf4 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 struct fsmonitor_settings {
 	enum fsmonitor_mode mode;
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
+	int allow_remote;
 	char *hook_path;
+	char *sock_dir;
 };
 
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ static struct fsmonitor_settings *alloc_settings(void)
 	CALLOC_ARRAY(s, 1);
 	s->mode = FSMONITOR_MODE_DISABLED;
 	s->reason = FSMONITOR_REASON_UNTESTED;
+	s->allow_remote = -1;
 
 	return s;
 }
@@ -90,6 +93,26 @@ static void lookup_fsmonitor_settings(struct repository *r)
 		fsm_settings__set_disabled(r);
 }
 
+int fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		lookup_fsmonitor_settings(r);
+
+	return r->settings.fsmonitor->allow_remote;
+}
+
+const char *fsm_settings__get_socket_dir(struct repository *r)
+{
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		lookup_fsmonitor_settings(r);
+
+	return r->settings.fsmonitor->sock_dir;
+}
+
 enum fsmonitor_mode fsm_settings__get_mode(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r)
@@ -100,6 +123,7 @@ enum fsmonitor_mode fsm_settings__get_mode(struct repository *r)
 	return r->settings.fsmonitor->mode;
 }
 
+
 const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r)
@@ -110,9 +134,44 @@ const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r)
 	return r->settings.fsmonitor->hook_path;
 }
 
+void fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow;
+
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		r->settings.fsmonitor = alloc_settings();
+	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
+		r->settings.fsmonitor->allow_remote = allow;
+
+	return;
+}
+
+void fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(struct repository *r)
+{
+	const char *path;
+
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		r->settings.fsmonitor = alloc_settings();
+
+	if (!repo_config_get_pathname(r, "fsmonitor.socketdir", &path)) {
+		FREE_AND_NULL(r->settings.fsmonitor->sock_dir);
+		r->settings.fsmonitor->sock_dir = strdup(path);
+	}
+
+	return;
+}
+
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
+
+	fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(r);
+	fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(r);
+	reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
@@ -135,7 +194,11 @@ void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 
 void fsm_settings__set_hook(struct repository *r, const char *path)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
+
+	fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(r);
+	fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(r);
+	reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.h b/fsmonitor-settings.h
index d9c2605197f..2de54c85e94 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.h
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason {
 	FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS, /* NTFS,FAT32 do not support Unix sockets */
 };
 
+void fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(struct repository *r);
+void fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(struct repository *r);
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r);
 void fsm_settings__set_hook(struct repository *r, const char *path);
 void fsm_settings__set_disabled(struct repository *r);
 void fsm_settings__set_incompatible(struct repository *r,
 				    enum fsmonitor_reason reason);
 
+int fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(struct repository *r);
+const char *fsm_settings__get_socket_dir(struct repository *r);
 enum fsmonitor_mode fsm_settings__get_mode(struct repository *r);
 const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r);
 

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index efc732c0f31..dc79538607f 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
 /*
- * [1] Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
+ * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
  *
  * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
  * mount type (NFS, SAMBA, etc.) dictates whether notification events
@@ -27,26 +28,8 @@
  * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
  * using the Hook or IPC API.
  *
- * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket for the
- * IPC in the .git directory.  If the working directory is remote,
- * then the socket will be created on the remote file system.  This
- * can fail if the remote file system does not support UDS file types
- * (e.g. smbfs to a Windows server) or if the remote kernel does not
- * allow a non-local process to bind() the socket.  (These problems
- * could be fixed by moving the UDS out of the .git directory and to a
- * well-known local directory on the client machine, but care should
- * be taken to ensure that $HOME is actually local and not a managed
- * file share.)
- *
  * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- *
- * [2] FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
- *
- * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the .git
- * directory for IPC.  These Windows drive formats do not support
- * Unix domain sockets, so mark them as incompatible for the daemon.
+ * incompatible unless fsmonitor.allowRemote is true.
  *
  */
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
@@ -65,6 +48,51 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
 			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
 			 r->worktree, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
 
+	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL)
+		&& (fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(r) < 1))
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+
+	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket (UDS)
+ * for the IPC in the .git directory by default or $HOME if
+ * fsmonitor.allowRemote is true.  If the directory is remote,
+ * then the socket will be created on the remote file system. This
+ * can fail if the remote file system does not support UDS file types
+ * (e.g. smbfs to a Windows server) or if the remote kernel does not
+ * allow a non-local process to bind() the socket.
+ *
+ * Therefore remote UDS locations are marked as incompatible.
+ *
+ * FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
+ *
+ * These Windows drive formats do not support Unix domain sockets, so
+ * mark them as incompatible for the location of the UDS file.
+ *
+ */
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(void)
+{
+	struct statfs fs;
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+	strbuf_add(&path, ipc_path, strlen(ipc_path));
+
+	if (statfs(dirname(path.buf), &fs) == -1) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
+				 path.buf, strerror(saved_errno));
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		strbuf_release(&path);
+		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
+			 path.buf, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
+
 	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 
@@ -85,5 +113,9 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
+	reason = check_uds_volume();
+	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+		return reason;
+
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index e5ec5b0a9f7..34635e6c849 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -24,23 +24,6 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-/*
- * Check if monitoring remote working directories is allowed.
- *
- * By default, monitoring remote working directories is
- * disabled.  Users may override this behavior in enviroments where
- * they have proper support.
- */
-static int check_config_allowremote(struct repository *r)
-{
-	int allow;
-
-	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
-		return allow;
-
-	return -1; /* fsmonitor.allowremote not set */
-}
-
 /*
  * Check remote working directory protocol.
  *
@@ -170,20 +153,14 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
 				 "check_remote('%s') true",
 				 r->worktree);
 
+		if (fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(r) < 1)
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+
 		ret = check_remote_protocol(wfullpath);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
 
-		switch (check_config_allowremote(r)) {
-		case 0: /* config overrides and disables */
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
-		case 1: /* config overrides and enables */
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
-		default:
-			break; /* config has no opinion */
-		}
-
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+		return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 	}
 
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index efc732c0f31..dc79538607f 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
 /*
- * [1] Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
+ * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
  *
  * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
  * mount type (NFS, SAMBA, etc.) dictates whether notification events
@@ -27,26 +28,8 @@
  * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
  * using the Hook or IPC API.
  *
- * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket for the
- * IPC in the .git directory.  If the working directory is remote,
- * then the socket will be created on the remote file system.  This
- * can fail if the remote file system does not support UDS file types
- * (e.g. smbfs to a Windows server) or if the remote kernel does not
- * allow a non-local process to bind() the socket.  (These problems
- * could be fixed by moving the UDS out of the .git directory and to a
- * well-known local directory on the client machine, but care should
- * be taken to ensure that $HOME is actually local and not a managed
- * file share.)
- *
  * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- *
- * [2] FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
- *
- * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the .git
- * directory for IPC.  These Windows drive formats do not support
- * Unix domain sockets, so mark them as incompatible for the daemon.
+ * incompatible unless fsmonitor.allowRemote is true.
  *
  */
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
@@ -65,6 +48,51 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
 			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
 			 r->worktree, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
 
+	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL)
+		&& (fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(r) < 1))
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+
+	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket (UDS)
+ * for the IPC in the .git directory by default or $HOME if
+ * fsmonitor.allowRemote is true.  If the directory is remote,
+ * then the socket will be created on the remote file system. This
+ * can fail if the remote file system does not support UDS file types
+ * (e.g. smbfs to a Windows server) or if the remote kernel does not
+ * allow a non-local process to bind() the socket.
+ *
+ * Therefore remote UDS locations are marked as incompatible.
+ *
+ * FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
+ *
+ * These Windows drive formats do not support Unix domain sockets, so
+ * mark them as incompatible for the location of the UDS file.
+ *
+ */
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(void)
+{
+	struct statfs fs;
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+	strbuf_add(&path, ipc_path, strlen(ipc_path));
+
+	if (statfs(dirname(path.buf), &fs) == -1) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
+				 path.buf, strerror(saved_errno));
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		strbuf_release(&path);
+		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
+			 path.buf, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
+
 	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 
@@ -85,5 +113,9 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
+	reason = check_uds_volume();
+	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+		return reason;
+
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }

fsmonitor-ipc.c, fsmonitor-ipc.h, fsmonitor-settings.c, fsmonitor-settings.h

diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.c b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
index 789e7397baa..1e3f0a6cf48 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "fsmonitor.h"
-#include "simple-ipc.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
@@ -47,7 +46,42 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void)
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+	return fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+#else
+	char *retval;
+	SHA_CTX sha1ctx;
+	const char *git_dir;
+	const char *sock_dir;
+	struct strbuf ipc_file = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned char hash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+
+	if (fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(the_repository) < 1)
+		return fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+
+	git_dir = get_git_dir();
+	sock_dir = fsm_settings__get_socket_dir(the_repository);
+
+	SHA1_Init(&sha1ctx);
+	SHA1_Update(&sha1ctx, git_dir, strlen(git_dir));
+	SHA1_Final(hash, &sha1ctx);
+
+	if (sock_dir && *sock_dir)
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "%s/.git-fsmonitor-%s",
+					sock_dir, hash_to_hex(hash));
+	else
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "~/.git-fsmonitor-%s", hash_to_hex(hash));
+	retval = interpolate_path(ipc_file.buf, 1);
+	if (!retval)
+		die(_("Invalid path: %s"), ipc_file.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&ipc_file);
+	return retval;
+#endif
+}
 
 enum ipc_active_state fsmonitor_ipc__get_state(void)
 {
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.h b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
index b6a7067c3af..4d27223c2a6 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void);
  */
 const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void);
 
+/*
+ * Returns the pathname to the default IPC named pipe or Unix domain
+ * socket.
+ */
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path(void);
+
 /*
  * Try to determine whether there is a `git-fsmonitor--daemon` process
  * listening on the IPC pipe/socket.
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index 464424a1e92..a15eeecebf4 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 struct fsmonitor_settings {
 	enum fsmonitor_mode mode;
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
+	int allow_remote;
 	char *hook_path;
+	char *sock_dir;
 };
 
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ static struct fsmonitor_settings *alloc_settings(void)
 	CALLOC_ARRAY(s, 1);
 	s->mode = FSMONITOR_MODE_DISABLED;
 	s->reason = FSMONITOR_REASON_UNTESTED;
+	s->allow_remote = -1;
 
 	return s;
 }
@@ -90,6 +93,26 @@ static void lookup_fsmonitor_settings(struct repository *r)
 		fsm_settings__set_disabled(r);
 }
 
+int fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		lookup_fsmonitor_settings(r);
+
+	return r->settings.fsmonitor->allow_remote;
+}
+
+const char *fsm_settings__get_socket_dir(struct repository *r)
+{
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		lookup_fsmonitor_settings(r);
+
+	return r->settings.fsmonitor->sock_dir;
+}
+
 enum fsmonitor_mode fsm_settings__get_mode(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r)
@@ -100,6 +123,7 @@ enum fsmonitor_mode fsm_settings__get_mode(struct repository *r)
 	return r->settings.fsmonitor->mode;
 }
 
+
 const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r)
@@ -110,9 +134,44 @@ const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r)
 	return r->settings.fsmonitor->hook_path;
 }
 
+void fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow;
+
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		r->settings.fsmonitor = alloc_settings();
+	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
+		r->settings.fsmonitor->allow_remote = allow;
+
+	return;
+}
+
+void fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(struct repository *r)
+{
+	const char *path;
+
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		r->settings.fsmonitor = alloc_settings();
+
+	if (!repo_config_get_pathname(r, "fsmonitor.socketdir", &path)) {
+		FREE_AND_NULL(r->settings.fsmonitor->sock_dir);
+		r->settings.fsmonitor->sock_dir = strdup(path);
+	}
+
+	return;
+}
+
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
+
+	fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(r);
+	fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(r);
+	reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
@@ -135,7 +194,11 @@ void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 
 void fsm_settings__set_hook(struct repository *r, const char *path)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
+
+	fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(r);
+	fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(r);
+	reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.h b/fsmonitor-settings.h
index d9c2605197f..2de54c85e94 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.h
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason {
 	FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS, /* NTFS,FAT32 do not support Unix sockets */
 };
 
+void fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(struct repository *r);
+void fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(struct repository *r);
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r);
 void fsm_settings__set_hook(struct repository *r, const char *path);
 void fsm_settings__set_disabled(struct repository *r);
 void fsm_settings__set_incompatible(struct repository *r,
 				    enum fsmonitor_reason reason);
 
+int fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(struct repository *r);
+const char *fsm_settings__get_socket_dir(struct repository *r);
 enum fsmonitor_mode fsm_settings__get_mode(struct repository *r);
 const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r);
 

fsmonitor-settings.c, fsmonitor-settings.h

diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index 464424a1e92..a15eeecebf4 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 struct fsmonitor_settings {
 	enum fsmonitor_mode mode;
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
+	int allow_remote;
 	char *hook_path;
+	char *sock_dir;
 };
 
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ static struct fsmonitor_settings *alloc_settings(void)
 	CALLOC_ARRAY(s, 1);
 	s->mode = FSMONITOR_MODE_DISABLED;
 	s->reason = FSMONITOR_REASON_UNTESTED;
+	s->allow_remote = -1;
 
 	return s;
 }
@@ -90,6 +93,26 @@ static void lookup_fsmonitor_settings(struct repository *r)
 		fsm_settings__set_disabled(r);
 }
 
+int fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		lookup_fsmonitor_settings(r);
+
+	return r->settings.fsmonitor->allow_remote;
+}
+
+const char *fsm_settings__get_socket_dir(struct repository *r)
+{
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		lookup_fsmonitor_settings(r);
+
+	return r->settings.fsmonitor->sock_dir;
+}
+
 enum fsmonitor_mode fsm_settings__get_mode(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r)
@@ -100,6 +123,7 @@ enum fsmonitor_mode fsm_settings__get_mode(struct repository *r)
 	return r->settings.fsmonitor->mode;
 }
 
+
 const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r)
@@ -110,9 +134,44 @@ const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r)
 	return r->settings.fsmonitor->hook_path;
 }
 
+void fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow;
+
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		r->settings.fsmonitor = alloc_settings();
+	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
+		r->settings.fsmonitor->allow_remote = allow;
+
+	return;
+}
+
+void fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(struct repository *r)
+{
+	const char *path;
+
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+	if (!r->settings.fsmonitor)
+		r->settings.fsmonitor = alloc_settings();
+
+	if (!repo_config_get_pathname(r, "fsmonitor.socketdir", &path)) {
+		FREE_AND_NULL(r->settings.fsmonitor->sock_dir);
+		r->settings.fsmonitor->sock_dir = strdup(path);
+	}
+
+	return;
+}
+
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
+
+	fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(r);
+	fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(r);
+	reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
@@ -135,7 +194,11 @@ void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 
 void fsm_settings__set_hook(struct repository *r, const char *path)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
+
+	fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(r);
+	fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(r);
+	reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.h b/fsmonitor-settings.h
index d9c2605197f..2de54c85e94 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.h
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason {
 	FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS, /* NTFS,FAT32 do not support Unix sockets */
 };
 
+void fsm_settings__set_allow_remote(struct repository *r);
+void fsm_settings__set_socket_dir(struct repository *r);
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r);
 void fsm_settings__set_hook(struct repository *r, const char *path);
 void fsm_settings__set_disabled(struct repository *r);
 void fsm_settings__set_incompatible(struct repository *r,
 				    enum fsmonitor_reason reason);
 
+int fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(struct repository *r);
+const char *fsm_settings__get_socket_dir(struct repository *r);
 enum fsmonitor_mode fsm_settings__get_mode(struct repository *r);
 const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r);
 

fsmonitor-ipc.c, fsmonitor-ipc.h

diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.c b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
index 789e7397baa..1e3f0a6cf48 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "fsmonitor.h"
-#include "simple-ipc.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
@@ -47,7 +46,42 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void)
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+	return fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+#else
+	char *retval;
+	SHA_CTX sha1ctx;
+	const char *git_dir;
+	const char *sock_dir;
+	struct strbuf ipc_file = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned char hash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+
+	if (fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(the_repository) < 1)
+		return fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+
+	git_dir = get_git_dir();
+	sock_dir = fsm_settings__get_socket_dir(the_repository);
+
+	SHA1_Init(&sha1ctx);
+	SHA1_Update(&sha1ctx, git_dir, strlen(git_dir));
+	SHA1_Final(hash, &sha1ctx);
+
+	if (sock_dir && *sock_dir)
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "%s/.git-fsmonitor-%s",
+					sock_dir, hash_to_hex(hash));
+	else
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "~/.git-fsmonitor-%s", hash_to_hex(hash));
+	retval = interpolate_path(ipc_file.buf, 1);
+	if (!retval)
+		die(_("Invalid path: %s"), ipc_file.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&ipc_file);
+	return retval;
+#endif
+}
 
 enum ipc_active_state fsmonitor_ipc__get_state(void)
 {
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.h b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
index b6a7067c3af..4d27223c2a6 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void);
  */
 const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void);
 
+/*
+ * Returns the pathname to the default IPC named pipe or Unix domain
+ * socket.
+ */
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path(void);
+
 /*
  * Try to determine whether there is a `git-fsmonitor--daemon` process
  * listening on the IPC pipe/socket.

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index efc732c0f31..dc79538607f 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
 /*
- * [1] Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
+ * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
  *
  * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
  * mount type (NFS, SAMBA, etc.) dictates whether notification events
@@ -27,26 +28,8 @@
  * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
  * using the Hook or IPC API.
  *
- * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket for the
- * IPC in the .git directory.  If the working directory is remote,
- * then the socket will be created on the remote file system.  This
- * can fail if the remote file system does not support UDS file types
- * (e.g. smbfs to a Windows server) or if the remote kernel does not
- * allow a non-local process to bind() the socket.  (These problems
- * could be fixed by moving the UDS out of the .git directory and to a
- * well-known local directory on the client machine, but care should
- * be taken to ensure that $HOME is actually local and not a managed
- * file share.)
- *
  * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- *
- * [2] FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
- *
- * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the .git
- * directory for IPC.  These Windows drive formats do not support
- * Unix domain sockets, so mark them as incompatible for the daemon.
+ * incompatible unless fsmonitor.allowRemote is true.
  *
  */
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
@@ -65,6 +48,51 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
 			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
 			 r->worktree, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
 
+	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL)
+		&& (fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(r) < 1))
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+
+	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket (UDS)
+ * for the IPC in the .git directory by default or $HOME if
+ * fsmonitor.allowRemote is true.  If the directory is remote,
+ * then the socket will be created on the remote file system. This
+ * can fail if the remote file system does not support UDS file types
+ * (e.g. smbfs to a Windows server) or if the remote kernel does not
+ * allow a non-local process to bind() the socket.
+ *
+ * Therefore remote UDS locations are marked as incompatible.
+ *
+ * FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
+ *
+ * These Windows drive formats do not support Unix domain sockets, so
+ * mark them as incompatible for the location of the UDS file.
+ *
+ */
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(void)
+{
+	struct statfs fs;
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+	strbuf_add(&path, ipc_path, strlen(ipc_path));
+
+	if (statfs(dirname(path.buf), &fs) == -1) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
+				 path.buf, strerror(saved_errno));
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		strbuf_release(&path);
+		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
+			 path.buf, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
+
 	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 
@@ -85,5 +113,9 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
+	reason = check_uds_volume();
+	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+		return reason;
+
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
index 8e208e8289e..2ed828649ff 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsm-listen.h"
 #include "fsmonitor--daemon.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 
 struct fsm_listen_data
 {
@@ -183,7 +184,6 @@ static void my_add_path(struct fsmonitor_batch *batch, const char *path)
 	free(composed);
 }
 
-
 static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 			     void *ctx,
 			     size_t num_of_events,
@@ -209,7 +209,12 @@ static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 		/*
 		 * On Mac, we receive an array of absolute paths.
 		 */
-		path_k = paths[k];
+		if (fsm_settings__get_allow_remote(the_repository) > 0) {
+			strbuf_reset(&tmp);
+			strbuf_realpath_forgiving(&tmp, paths[k], 0);
+			path_k = tmp.buf;
+		} else
+			path_k = paths[k];
 
 		/*
 		 * If you want to debug FSEvents, log them to GIT_TRACE_FSMONITOR.
@@ -237,6 +242,7 @@ static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 
 			fsmonitor_force_resync(state);
 			fsmonitor_batch__free_list(batch);
+			batch = NULL;
 			string_list_clear(&cookie_list, 0);
 
 			/*
@@ -313,7 +319,6 @@ static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 
 		case IS_WORKDIR_PATH:
 			/* try to queue normal pathnames */
-
 			if (trace_pass_fl(&trace_fsmonitor))
 				log_flags_set(path_k, event_flags[k]);
 

Makefile, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c, contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt, fsmonitor-path-utils.h, fsmonitor-settings.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 924b864ae83..265fc585286 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2042,6 +2042,7 @@ endif
 ifdef FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-$(FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS).o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-$(FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS).o
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(TCLTK_PATH),)
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..067cbe6990a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	struct statfs fs;
+	if (statfs(path, &fs) == -1) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
+				 path, strerror(saved_errno));
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
+			 path, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+
+	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
+		fs_info->is_remote = 1;
+	else
+		fs_info->is_remote = 0;
+
+	fs_info->typename = fs.f_fstypename;
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"'%s' is_remote: %d",
+				path, fs_info->is_remote);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
+{
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(path, &fs))
+		return -1;
+	return fs.is_remote;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc211de514f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+
+/*
+ * Notes for testing:
+ *
+ * (a) Windows allows a network share to be mapped to a drive letter.
+ *     (This is the normal method to access it.)
+ *
+ *     $ NET USE Z: \\server\share
+ *     $ git -C Z:/repo status
+ *
+ * (b) Windows allows a network share to be referenced WITHOUT mapping
+ *     it to drive letter.
+ *
+ *     $ NET USE \\server\share\dir
+ *     $ git -C //server/share/repo status
+ *
+ * (c) Windows allows "SUBST" to create a fake drive mapping to an
+ *     arbitrary path (which may be remote)
+ *
+ *     $ SUBST Q: Z:\repo
+ *     $ git -C Q:/ status
+ *
+ * (d) Windows allows a directory symlink to be created on a local
+ *     file system that points to a remote repo.
+ *
+ *     $ mklink /d ./link //server/share/repo
+ *     $ git -C ./link status
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
+	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
+	size_t wlen;
+	UINT driveType;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do everything in wide chars because the drive letter might be
+	 * a multi-byte sequence.  See win32_has_dos_drive_prefix().
+	 */
+	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, path) < 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * GetDriveTypeW() requires a final slash.  We assume that the
+	 * worktree pathname points to an actual directory.
+	 */
+	wlen = wcslen(wpath);
+	if (wpath[wlen - 1] != L'\\' && wpath[wlen - 1] != L'/') {
+		wpath[wlen++] = L'\\';
+		wpath[wlen] = 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Normalize the path.  If nothing else, this converts forward
+	 * slashes to backslashes.  This is essential to get GetDriveTypeW()
+	 * correctly handle some UNC "\\server\share\..." paths.
+	 */
+	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_PATH, wfullpath, NULL)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	driveType = GetDriveTypeW(wfullpath);
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "DriveType '%s' L'%ls' (%u)",
+			 path, wfullpath, driveType);
+
+	if (driveType == DRIVE_REMOTE)
+		fs_info->is_remote = 1;
+	else
+		fs_info->is_remote = 0;
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"'%s' is_remote: %d",
+				path, fs_info->is_remote);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
+{
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(path, &fs))
+		return -1;
+	return fs.is_remote;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index efc732c0f31..dba3ced6bb7 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -1,32 +1,10 @@
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "repository.h"
-#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
-#include <sys/param.h>
-#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
-/*
- * [1] Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
- *
- * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
- * mount type (NFS, SAMBA, etc.) dictates whether notification events
- * are available at all to remote client machines.
- *
- * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
- * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
- * delivered to client machine processes.
- *
- * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
- * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
- * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
- * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
- * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
- * notification fd and create a new one.
- *
- * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
- * using the Hook or IPC API.
- *
+ /*
  * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket for the
  * IPC in the .git directory.  If the working directory is remote,
  * then the socket will be created on the remote file system.  This
@@ -38,40 +16,34 @@
  * be taken to ensure that $HOME is actually local and not a managed
  * file share.)
  *
- * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- *
- * [2] FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
+ * FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
  *
  * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the .git
  * directory for IPC.  These Windows drive formats do not support
  * Unix domain sockets, so mark them as incompatible for the daemon.
  *
  */
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(struct repository *r)
 {
-	struct statfs fs;
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	strbuf_add(&path, ipc_path, strlen(ipc_path));
 
-	if (statfs(r->worktree, &fs) == -1) {
-		int saved_errno = errno;
-		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
-				 r->worktree, strerror(saved_errno));
-		errno = saved_errno;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(dirname(path.buf), &fs) == -1) {
+		strbuf_release(&path);
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
-			 r->worktree, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
 
-	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
+	if (fs.is_remote)
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 
-	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "msdos")) /* aka FAT32 */
+	if (!strcmp(fs.typename, "msdos")) /* aka FAT32 */
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
 
-	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "ntfs"))
+	if (!strcmp(fs.typename, "ntfs"))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
 
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
@@ -81,7 +53,7 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
-	reason = check_volume(r);
+	reason = check_uds_volume(r);
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index 907655720bb..d88b06ae610 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 /*
  * VFS for Git is incompatible with FSMonitor.
@@ -24,103 +25,6 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-/*
- * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
- *
- * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
- * mount type dictates whether notification events are available at
- * all to remote client machines.
- *
- * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
- * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
- * delivered to client machine processes.
- *
- * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
- * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
- * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
- * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
- * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
- * notification fd and create a new one.
- *
- * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
- * using the Hook or IPC API.
- *
- * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- * Notes for testing:
- *
- * (a) Windows allows a network share to be mapped to a drive letter.
- *     (This is the normal method to access it.)
- *
- *     $ NET USE Z: \\server\share
- *     $ git -C Z:/repo status
- *
- * (b) Windows allows a network share to be referenced WITHOUT mapping
- *     it to drive letter.
- *
- *     $ NET USE \\server\share\dir
- *     $ git -C //server/share/repo status
- *
- * (c) Windows allows "SUBST" to create a fake drive mapping to an
- *     arbitrary path (which may be remote)
- *
- *     $ SUBST Q: Z:\repo
- *     $ git -C Q:/ status
- *
- * (d) Windows allows a directory symlink to be created on a local
- *     file system that points to a remote repo.
- *
- *     $ mklink /d ./link //server/share/repo
- *     $ git -C ./link status
- */
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
-{
-	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
-	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
-	size_t wlen;
-	UINT driveType;
-
-	/*
-	 * Do everything in wide chars because the drive letter might be
-	 * a multi-byte sequence.  See win32_has_dos_drive_prefix().
-	 */
-	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, r->worktree) < 0)
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-	/*
-	 * GetDriveTypeW() requires a final slash.  We assume that the
-	 * worktree pathname points to an actual directory.
-	 */
-	wlen = wcslen(wpath);
-	if (wpath[wlen - 1] != L'\\' && wpath[wlen - 1] != L'/') {
-		wpath[wlen++] = L'\\';
-		wpath[wlen] = 0;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Normalize the path.  If nothing else, this converts forward
-	 * slashes to backslashes.  This is essential to get GetDriveTypeW()
-	 * correctly handle some UNC "\\server\share\..." paths.
-	 */
-	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_PATH, wfullpath, NULL))
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-	driveType = GetDriveTypeW(wfullpath);
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-			 "DriveType '%s' L'%ls' (%u)",
-			 r->worktree, wfullpath, driveType);
-
-	if (driveType == DRIVE_REMOTE) {
-		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-				 "check_remote('%s') true",
-				 r->worktree);
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
-	}
-
-	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
-}
-
 enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
@@ -129,9 +33,5 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
-	reason = check_remote(r);
-	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
-		return reason;
-
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 2237109b57f..b88494bf59b 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-win32.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c)
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-darwin.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c)
diff --git a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e48592887e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
+#define FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
+
+struct fs_info {
+	int is_remote;
+	char *typename;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Get some basic filesystem informtion for the given path
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, zero otherwise.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info);
+
+/*
+ * Determines if the filesystem that path resides on is remote.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, 0 if not remote, 1 if remote.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index 464424a1e92..d288cbad479 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 /*
  * We keep this structure defintion private and have getters
@@ -13,6 +14,52 @@ struct fsmonitor_settings {
 	char *hook_path;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
+ *
+ * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
+ * mount type dictates whether notification events are available at
+ * all to remote client machines.
+ *
+ * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
+ * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
+ * delivered to client machine processes.
+ *
+ * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
+ * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
+ * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
+ * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
+ * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
+ * notification fd and create a new one.
+ *
+ * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
+ * using the Hook or IPC API.
+ *
+ * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
+ * incompatible unless 'fsmonitor.allowRemote' is true.
+ *
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow_remote = -1; /* -1 unset, 0 not allowed, 1 allowed */
+	int is_remote = fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(r->worktree);
+
+	switch (is_remote) {
+		case 0:
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		case 1:
+			repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow_remote);
+			if (allow_remote < 1)
+				return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+			else
+				return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		default:
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r->worktree) {
@@ -27,6 +74,9 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	{
 		enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
+		reason = check_remote(r);
+		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+			return reason;
 		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;

Makefile, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c, contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt, fsmonitor-ipc.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 265fc585286..cf9c51040a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2037,6 +2037,7 @@ ifdef FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
 endif
 
 ifdef FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afaca96dab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void)
+{
+	static const char *ipc_path;
+	SHA_CTX sha1ctx;
+	char *sock_dir;
+	struct strbuf ipc_file = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned char hash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+
+	if (ipc_path)
+		return ipc_path;
+
+	ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+
+	/* By default the socket file is created in the .git directory */
+	if (fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(ipc_path) < 1)
+		return ipc_path;
+
+	SHA1_Init(&sha1ctx);
+	SHA1_Update(&sha1ctx, the_repository->worktree, strlen(the_repository->worktree));
+	SHA1_Final(hash, &sha1ctx);
+
+	repo_config_get_string(the_repository, "fsmonitor.socketdir", &sock_dir);
+
+	/* Create the socket file in either socketDir or $HOME */
+	if (sock_dir && *sock_dir)
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "%s/.git-fsmonitor-%s",
+					sock_dir, hash_to_hex(hash));
+	else
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "~/.git-fsmonitor-%s", hash_to_hex(hash));
+
+	ipc_path = interpolate_path(ipc_file.buf, 1);
+	if (!ipc_path)
+		die(_("Invalid path: %s"), ipc_file.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&ipc_file);
+	return ipc_path;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..769a88639f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+
+GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index b88494bf59b..7e7b6b9a362 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-win32.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-darwin.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.c b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
index 789e7397baa..caad2e246a0 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
-
 enum ipc_active_state fsmonitor_ipc__get_state(void)
 {
 	return ipc_get_active_state(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path());

compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c, fsmonitor-settings.c, fsmonitor-settings.h

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index dba3ced6bb7..3463c71763e 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
+enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
-	reason = check_uds_volume(r);
-	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
-		return reason;
+	if (ipc) {
+		reason = check_uds_volume(r);
+		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+			return reason;
+	}
 
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index d88b06ae610..a8af31b71de 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
+enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index d288cbad479..531a1b6f956 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
 }
 #endif
 
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc)
 {
 	if (!r->worktree) {
 		/*
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 		reason = check_remote(r);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;
-		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r);
+		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r, ipc);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;
 	}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r)
 
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r, 1);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 
 void fsm_settings__set_hook(struct repository *r, const char *path)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r, 0);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.h b/fsmonitor-settings.h
index d9c2605197f..0721617b95a 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct fsmonitor_settings;
  * fsm_os__* routines should considered private to fsm_settings__
  * routines.
  */
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r);
+enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc);
 #endif /* HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS */
 
 #endif /* FSMONITOR_SETTINGS_H */

builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c, fsmonitor--daemon.h, fsmonitor-path-utils.h

diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index 2c109cf8b37..2559150d9e7 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 #include "compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health.h"
 #include "compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen.h"
 #include "fsmonitor--daemon.h"
@@ -1282,6 +1283,13 @@ static int fsmonitor_run_daemon(void)
 	strbuf_addstr(&state.path_worktree_watch, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()));
 	state.nr_paths_watching = 1;
 
+	strbuf_init(&state.alias.alias, 0);
+	strbuf_init(&state.alias.points_to, 0);
+	if (fsmonitor__get_alias(state.path_worktree_watch.buf, &state.alias)) {
+		err = error(_("could not get worktree alias"));
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We create and delete cookie files somewhere inside the .git
 	 * directory to help us keep sync with the file system.  If
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
index 8e208e8289e..179886bc15b 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsm-listen.h"
 #include "fsmonitor--daemon.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 struct fsm_listen_data
 {
@@ -209,7 +210,9 @@ static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 		/*
 		 * On Mac, we receive an array of absolute paths.
 		 */
-		path_k = paths[k];
+		path_k = fsmonitor__resolve_alias(paths[k], &state->alias);
+		if (!path_k)
+			path_k = paths[k];
 
 		/*
 		 * If you want to debug FSEvents, log them to GIT_TRACE_FSMONITOR.
@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@ static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 			fsmonitor_force_resync(state);
 			fsmonitor_batch__free_list(batch);
 			string_list_clear(&cookie_list, 0);
+			batch = NULL;
 
 			/*
 			 * We assume that any events that we received
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
index 067cbe6990a..1f1550c485a 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
@@ -38,3 +41,91 @@ int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
 		return -1;
 	return fs.is_remote;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Scan the root directory for synthetic firmlinks that when resolved
+ * are a prefix of the path, stopping at the first one found.
+ *
+ * Some information about firmlinks and synthetic firmlinks:
+ * https://eclecticlight.co/2020/01/23/catalina-boot-volumes/
+ *
+ * macOS no longer allows symlinks in the root directory; any link found
+ * there is therefore a synthetic firmlink.
+ *
+ * If this function gets called often, will want to cache all the firmlink
+ * information, but for now there is only one caller of this function.
+ *
+ * If there is more than one alias for the path, that is another
+ * matter altogteher.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_alias(const char *path, struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	DIR * dir;
+	int read;
+	int retval;
+	struct dirent *de;
+	struct strbuf alias;
+	struct strbuf points_to;
+
+	retval = 0;
+	dir = opendir("/");
+	if (!dir)
+		return -1;
+
+	strbuf_init(&alias, 256);
+	strbuf_init(&points_to, MAXPATHLEN);
+
+	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		strbuf_reset(&alias);
+		strbuf_addch(&alias, '/');
+		strbuf_add(&alias, de->d_name, strlen(de->d_name));
+
+		read = readlink(alias.buf, points_to.buf, MAXPATHLEN);
+		if (read > 0) {
+			strbuf_setlen(&points_to, read);
+			if ((strncmp(points_to.buf, path, points_to.len) == 0)
+				&& path[points_to.len] == '/') {
+				strbuf_addbuf(&info->alias, &alias);
+				strbuf_addbuf(&info->points_to, &points_to);
+				trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+					"Found alias for '%s' : '%s' -> '%s'",
+					path, info->alias.buf, info->points_to.buf);
+				retval = 0;
+				goto done;
+			}
+		} else if (errno != EINVAL) { /* Something other than not a link */
+			trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "Error %s", strerror(errno));
+			retval = -1;
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
+
+	done:
+	closedir(dir);
+	strbuf_release(&alias);
+	strbuf_release(&points_to);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+char *fsmonitor__resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	const struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	int len = info->alias.len;
+
+	if (!len)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if ((strncmp(info->alias.buf, path, len) == 0)
+		&& path[len] == '/') {
+		struct strbuf tmp;
+		const char *remainder = path + len;
+		int rem_len = strlen(remainder);
+
+		strbuf_init(&tmp, info->points_to.len + rem_len);
+		strbuf_addbuf(&tmp, &info->points_to);
+		strbuf_add(&tmp, remainder, rem_len);
+		return strbuf_detach(&tmp, NULL);
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
index dc211de514f..0ca366bfe08 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
@@ -87,3 +87,20 @@ int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
 		return -1;
 	return fs.is_remote;
 }
+
+/*
+ * No-op for now.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_alias(const char *path, struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * No-op for now.
+ */
+char *fsmonitor__resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	const struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/fsmonitor--daemon.h b/fsmonitor--daemon.h
index 2102a5c9ff5..98cbb430083 100644
--- a/fsmonitor--daemon.h
+++ b/fsmonitor--daemon.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "simple-ipc.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 struct fsmonitor_batch;
 struct fsmonitor_token_data;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ struct fsmonitor_daemon_state {
 
 	struct strbuf path_worktree_watch;
 	struct strbuf path_gitdir_watch;
+	struct alias_info alias;
 	int nr_paths_watching;
 
 	struct fsmonitor_token_data *current_token_data;
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ struct fsmonitor_daemon_state {
 
 	struct ipc_server_data *ipc_server_data;
 	struct strbuf path_ipc;
+
 };
 
 /*
@@ -167,5 +170,8 @@ void fsmonitor_publish(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state,
  */
 void fsmonitor_force_resync(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state);
 
+char *fsmonitor_resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	struct alias_info *alias);
+
 #endif /* HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND */
 #endif /* FSMONITOR_DAEMON_H */
diff --git a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
index e48592887e7..7d9d71cb043 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
 #define FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
 
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+struct alias_info
+{
+	struct strbuf alias;
+	struct strbuf points_to;
+};
+
 struct fs_info {
 	int is_remote;
 	char *typename;
@@ -20,4 +28,22 @@ int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info);
  */
 int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path);
 
+/*
+ * Get the alias in given path, if any.
+ *
+ * Sets alias to the first alias that matches any part of the path.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_alias(const char *path, struct alias_info *info);
+
+/*
+ * Resolve the path against the given alias.
+ *
+ * Returns the resolved path if there is one, NULL otherwise.
+ */
+char *fsmonitor__resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	const struct alias_info *info);
+
+
 #endif

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index 907655720bb..e5ec5b0a9f7 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -24,6 +24,59 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if monitoring remote working directories is allowed.
+ *
+ * By default, monitoring remote working directories is
+ * disabled.  Users may override this behavior in enviroments where
+ * they have proper support.
+ */
+static int check_config_allowremote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow;
+
+	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
+		return allow;
+
+	return -1; /* fsmonitor.allowremote not set */
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check remote working directory protocol.
+ *
+ * Error if client machine cannot get remote protocol information.
+ */
+static int check_remote_protocol(wchar_t *wpath)
+{
+	HANDLE h;
+	FILE_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_INFO proto_info;
+
+	h = CreateFileW(wpath, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+			FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+
+	if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to open for read '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!GetFileInformationByHandleEx(h, FileRemoteProtocolInfo,
+		&proto_info, sizeof(proto_info))) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to get protocol information for '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		CloseHandle(h);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	CloseHandle(h);
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"check_remote_protocol('%ls') remote protocol %#8.8lx",
+				wpath, proto_info.Protocol);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
  *
@@ -76,6 +129,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
  */
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
 {
+	int ret;
 	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
 	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
 	size_t wlen;
@@ -115,6 +169,20 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
 		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
 				 "check_remote('%s') true",
 				 r->worktree);
+
+		ret = check_remote_protocol(wfullpath);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+
+		switch (check_config_allowremote(r)) {
+		case 0: /* config overrides and disables */
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+		case 1: /* config overrides and enables */
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		default:
+			break; /* config has no opinion */
+		}
+
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 	}
 

Makefile, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c, contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt, fsmonitor-ipc.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b026f3e8cf0..5cd5ad818b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2033,6 +2033,7 @@ ifdef FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
 endif
 
 ifdef FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afaca96dab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void)
+{
+	static const char *ipc_path;
+	SHA_CTX sha1ctx;
+	char *sock_dir;
+	struct strbuf ipc_file = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned char hash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+
+	if (ipc_path)
+		return ipc_path;
+
+	ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+
+	/* By default the socket file is created in the .git directory */
+	if (fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(ipc_path) < 1)
+		return ipc_path;
+
+	SHA1_Init(&sha1ctx);
+	SHA1_Update(&sha1ctx, the_repository->worktree, strlen(the_repository->worktree));
+	SHA1_Final(hash, &sha1ctx);
+
+	repo_config_get_string(the_repository, "fsmonitor.socketdir", &sock_dir);
+
+	/* Create the socket file in either socketDir or $HOME */
+	if (sock_dir && *sock_dir)
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "%s/.git-fsmonitor-%s",
+					sock_dir, hash_to_hex(hash));
+	else
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "~/.git-fsmonitor-%s", hash_to_hex(hash));
+
+	ipc_path = interpolate_path(ipc_file.buf, 1);
+	if (!ipc_path)
+		die(_("Invalid path: %s"), ipc_file.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&ipc_file);
+	return ipc_path;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..769a88639f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+
+GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index b88494bf59b..7e7b6b9a362 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-win32.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-darwin.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.c b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
index 789e7397baa..caad2e246a0 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
-
 enum ipc_active_state fsmonitor_ipc__get_state(void)
 {
 	return ipc_get_active_state(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path());

Makefile, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c, contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt, fsmonitor-path-utils.h, fsmonitor-settings.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6e126e54c2..b026f3e8cf0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2038,6 +2038,7 @@ endif
 ifdef FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-$(FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS).o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-$(FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS).o
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(TCLTK_PATH),)
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..067cbe6990a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	struct statfs fs;
+	if (statfs(path, &fs) == -1) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
+				 path, strerror(saved_errno));
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
+			 path, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+
+	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
+		fs_info->is_remote = 1;
+	else
+		fs_info->is_remote = 0;
+
+	fs_info->typename = fs.f_fstypename;
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"'%s' is_remote: %d",
+				path, fs_info->is_remote);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
+{
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(path, &fs))
+		return -1;
+	return fs.is_remote;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a90b8f7925b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+
+/*
+ * Check remote working directory protocol.
+ *
+ * Return -1 if client machine cannot get remote protocol information.
+ */
+static int check_remote_protocol(wchar_t *wpath)
+{
+	HANDLE h;
+	FILE_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_INFO proto_info;
+
+	h = CreateFileW(wpath, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+			FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+
+	if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to open for read '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!GetFileInformationByHandleEx(h, FileRemoteProtocolInfo,
+		&proto_info, sizeof(proto_info))) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to get protocol information for '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		CloseHandle(h);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	CloseHandle(h);
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"check_remote_protocol('%ls') remote protocol %#8.8lx",
+				wpath, proto_info.Protocol);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Notes for testing:
+ *
+ * (a) Windows allows a network share to be mapped to a drive letter.
+ *     (This is the normal method to access it.)
+ *
+ *     $ NET USE Z: \\server\share
+ *     $ git -C Z:/repo status
+ *
+ * (b) Windows allows a network share to be referenced WITHOUT mapping
+ *     it to drive letter.
+ *
+ *     $ NET USE \\server\share\dir
+ *     $ git -C //server/share/repo status
+ *
+ * (c) Windows allows "SUBST" to create a fake drive mapping to an
+ *     arbitrary path (which may be remote)
+ *
+ *     $ SUBST Q: Z:\repo
+ *     $ git -C Q:/ status
+ *
+ * (d) Windows allows a directory symlink to be created on a local
+ *     file system that points to a remote repo.
+ *
+ *     $ mklink /d ./link //server/share/repo
+ *     $ git -C ./link status
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
+	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
+	size_t wlen;
+	UINT driveType;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do everything in wide chars because the drive letter might be
+	 * a multi-byte sequence.  See win32_has_dos_drive_prefix().
+	 */
+	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, path) < 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * GetDriveTypeW() requires a final slash.  We assume that the
+	 * worktree pathname points to an actual directory.
+	 */
+	wlen = wcslen(wpath);
+	if (wpath[wlen - 1] != L'\\' && wpath[wlen - 1] != L'/') {
+		wpath[wlen++] = L'\\';
+		wpath[wlen] = 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Normalize the path.  If nothing else, this converts forward
+	 * slashes to backslashes.  This is essential to get GetDriveTypeW()
+	 * correctly handle some UNC "\\server\share\..." paths.
+	 */
+	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_PATH, wfullpath, NULL)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	driveType = GetDriveTypeW(wfullpath);
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "DriveType '%s' L'%ls' (%u)",
+			 path, wfullpath, driveType);
+
+	if (driveType == DRIVE_REMOTE) {
+		fs_info->is_remote = 1;
+		if (check_remote_protocol(wfullpath) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	} else {
+		fs_info->is_remote = 0;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"'%s' is_remote: %d",
+				path, fs_info->is_remote);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
+{
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(path, &fs))
+		return -1;
+	return fs.is_remote;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index efc732c0f31..dba3ced6bb7 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -1,32 +1,10 @@
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "repository.h"
-#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
-#include <sys/param.h>
-#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
-/*
- * [1] Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
- *
- * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
- * mount type (NFS, SAMBA, etc.) dictates whether notification events
- * are available at all to remote client machines.
- *
- * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
- * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
- * delivered to client machine processes.
- *
- * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
- * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
- * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
- * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
- * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
- * notification fd and create a new one.
- *
- * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
- * using the Hook or IPC API.
- *
+ /*
  * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket for the
  * IPC in the .git directory.  If the working directory is remote,
  * then the socket will be created on the remote file system.  This
@@ -38,40 +16,34 @@
  * be taken to ensure that $HOME is actually local and not a managed
  * file share.)
  *
- * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- *
- * [2] FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
+ * FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
  *
  * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the .git
  * directory for IPC.  These Windows drive formats do not support
  * Unix domain sockets, so mark them as incompatible for the daemon.
  *
  */
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(struct repository *r)
 {
-	struct statfs fs;
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	strbuf_add(&path, ipc_path, strlen(ipc_path));
 
-	if (statfs(r->worktree, &fs) == -1) {
-		int saved_errno = errno;
-		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
-				 r->worktree, strerror(saved_errno));
-		errno = saved_errno;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(dirname(path.buf), &fs) == -1) {
+		strbuf_release(&path);
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
-			 r->worktree, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
 
-	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
+	if (fs.is_remote)
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 
-	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "msdos")) /* aka FAT32 */
+	if (!strcmp(fs.typename, "msdos")) /* aka FAT32 */
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
 
-	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "ntfs"))
+	if (!strcmp(fs.typename, "ntfs"))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
 
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
@@ -81,7 +53,7 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
-	reason = check_volume(r);
+	reason = check_uds_volume(r);
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index e5ec5b0a9f7..d88b06ae610 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 /*
  * VFS for Git is incompatible with FSMonitor.
@@ -24,171 +25,6 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-/*
- * Check if monitoring remote working directories is allowed.
- *
- * By default, monitoring remote working directories is
- * disabled.  Users may override this behavior in enviroments where
- * they have proper support.
- */
-static int check_config_allowremote(struct repository *r)
-{
-	int allow;
-
-	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
-		return allow;
-
-	return -1; /* fsmonitor.allowremote not set */
-}
-
-/*
- * Check remote working directory protocol.
- *
- * Error if client machine cannot get remote protocol information.
- */
-static int check_remote_protocol(wchar_t *wpath)
-{
-	HANDLE h;
-	FILE_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_INFO proto_info;
-
-	h = CreateFileW(wpath, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
-			FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
-
-	if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to open for read '%ls'"),
-		      GetLastError(), wpath);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (!GetFileInformationByHandleEx(h, FileRemoteProtocolInfo,
-		&proto_info, sizeof(proto_info))) {
-		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to get protocol information for '%ls'"),
-		      GetLastError(), wpath);
-		CloseHandle(h);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	CloseHandle(h);
-
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-				"check_remote_protocol('%ls') remote protocol %#8.8lx",
-				wpath, proto_info.Protocol);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
- *
- * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
- * mount type dictates whether notification events are available at
- * all to remote client machines.
- *
- * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
- * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
- * delivered to client machine processes.
- *
- * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
- * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
- * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
- * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
- * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
- * notification fd and create a new one.
- *
- * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
- * using the Hook or IPC API.
- *
- * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- * Notes for testing:
- *
- * (a) Windows allows a network share to be mapped to a drive letter.
- *     (This is the normal method to access it.)
- *
- *     $ NET USE Z: \\server\share
- *     $ git -C Z:/repo status
- *
- * (b) Windows allows a network share to be referenced WITHOUT mapping
- *     it to drive letter.
- *
- *     $ NET USE \\server\share\dir
- *     $ git -C //server/share/repo status
- *
- * (c) Windows allows "SUBST" to create a fake drive mapping to an
- *     arbitrary path (which may be remote)
- *
- *     $ SUBST Q: Z:\repo
- *     $ git -C Q:/ status
- *
- * (d) Windows allows a directory symlink to be created on a local
- *     file system that points to a remote repo.
- *
- *     $ mklink /d ./link //server/share/repo
- *     $ git -C ./link status
- */
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
-{
-	int ret;
-	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
-	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
-	size_t wlen;
-	UINT driveType;
-
-	/*
-	 * Do everything in wide chars because the drive letter might be
-	 * a multi-byte sequence.  See win32_has_dos_drive_prefix().
-	 */
-	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, r->worktree) < 0)
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-	/*
-	 * GetDriveTypeW() requires a final slash.  We assume that the
-	 * worktree pathname points to an actual directory.
-	 */
-	wlen = wcslen(wpath);
-	if (wpath[wlen - 1] != L'\\' && wpath[wlen - 1] != L'/') {
-		wpath[wlen++] = L'\\';
-		wpath[wlen] = 0;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Normalize the path.  If nothing else, this converts forward
-	 * slashes to backslashes.  This is essential to get GetDriveTypeW()
-	 * correctly handle some UNC "\\server\share\..." paths.
-	 */
-	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_PATH, wfullpath, NULL))
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-	driveType = GetDriveTypeW(wfullpath);
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-			 "DriveType '%s' L'%ls' (%u)",
-			 r->worktree, wfullpath, driveType);
-
-	if (driveType == DRIVE_REMOTE) {
-		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-				 "check_remote('%s') true",
-				 r->worktree);
-
-		ret = check_remote_protocol(wfullpath);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-		switch (check_config_allowremote(r)) {
-		case 0: /* config overrides and disables */
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
-		case 1: /* config overrides and enables */
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
-		default:
-			break; /* config has no opinion */
-		}
-
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
-	}
-
-	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
-}
-
 enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
@@ -197,9 +33,5 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
-	reason = check_remote(r);
-	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
-		return reason;
-
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 2237109b57f..b88494bf59b 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-win32.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c)
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-darwin.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c)
diff --git a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e48592887e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
+#define FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
+
+struct fs_info {
+	int is_remote;
+	char *typename;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Get some basic filesystem informtion for the given path
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, zero otherwise.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info);
+
+/*
+ * Determines if the filesystem that path resides on is remote.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, 0 if not remote, 1 if remote.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index 464424a1e92..d288cbad479 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 /*
  * We keep this structure defintion private and have getters
@@ -13,6 +14,52 @@ struct fsmonitor_settings {
 	char *hook_path;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
+ *
+ * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
+ * mount type dictates whether notification events are available at
+ * all to remote client machines.
+ *
+ * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
+ * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
+ * delivered to client machine processes.
+ *
+ * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
+ * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
+ * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
+ * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
+ * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
+ * notification fd and create a new one.
+ *
+ * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
+ * using the Hook or IPC API.
+ *
+ * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
+ * incompatible unless 'fsmonitor.allowRemote' is true.
+ *
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow_remote = -1; /* -1 unset, 0 not allowed, 1 allowed */
+	int is_remote = fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(r->worktree);
+
+	switch (is_remote) {
+		case 0:
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		case 1:
+			repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow_remote);
+			if (allow_remote < 1)
+				return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+			else
+				return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		default:
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r->worktree) {
@@ -27,6 +74,9 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	{
 		enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
+		reason = check_remote(r);
+		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+			return reason;
 		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;

compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c, fsmonitor-settings.c, fsmonitor-settings.h

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index dba3ced6bb7..3463c71763e 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
+enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
-	reason = check_uds_volume(r);
-	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
-		return reason;
+	if (ipc) {
+		reason = check_uds_volume(r);
+		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+			return reason;
+	}
 
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index d88b06ae610..a8af31b71de 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
+enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index d288cbad479..531a1b6f956 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
 }
 #endif
 
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc)
 {
 	if (!r->worktree) {
 		/*
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 		reason = check_remote(r);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;
-		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r);
+		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r, ipc);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;
 	}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r)
 
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r, 1);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 
 void fsm_settings__set_hook(struct repository *r, const char *path)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r, 0);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.h b/fsmonitor-settings.h
index d9c2605197f..0721617b95a 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct fsmonitor_settings;
  * fsm_os__* routines should considered private to fsm_settings__
  * routines.
  */
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r);
+enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc);
 #endif /* HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS */
 
 #endif /* FSMONITOR_SETTINGS_H */

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
index cc142fb8612..0adccd0eced 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,41 @@ the change (as happening against the super repo).  However, the client
 will properly ignore these extra events, so performance may be affected
 but it will not cause an incorrect result.
 
+By default, the fsmonitor daemon refuses to work against network-mounted
+repositories; this my be overridden by setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to
+`true`. Note, however, that the fsmonitor daemon is not guaranteed to work
+correctly with all network-mounted repositores and such use is considered
+experimental.
+
+On Mac OS, the inter-process communication (IPC) between various Git
+commands and the fsmonitor daemon is done via a Unix domain socket (UDS).
+Usage of UDS requires the creation of a file which, by default, is created
+in the .git directory.  If the fsmonitor daemon detects that the .git directory
+is on a network-mounted file system, it will create the UDS file in $HOME.  If
+$HOME itself is on a network-mounted file system or if $HOME is not the desired
+location for the UDS file, 'fsmonitor.socketDir' may be set to any valid, local
+directory on a file system with proper support.  Mac OS native file systems have
+the required support.  File systems known to lack support include FAT32 and
+NTFS.  Other file systems may or many not have the needed support; the fsmonitor
+daemon is not guaranteed to work with these file systems and such use is
+considered experimental.
+
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+When `core.fsmonitor` is set to `true` (see linkgit:git-config[1])
+the fsmonitor daemon will pay attention to the following configuration
+variables:
+
+fsmonitor.allowRemote::
+	By default, the daemon refuses to work against network-mounted
+	repositories. Setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to `true` overrides
+	this behavior.
+
+fsmonitor.socketDir::
+	This option is only used by the Mac OS implementation of the fsmonitor
+	daemon.	If set, 'fsmonitor.socketDir' must be set to a valid, local
+	directory on a file system that can support Unix domain sockets (UDS).
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite

builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c, fsmonitor--daemon.h, fsmonitor-path-utils.h

diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index 2c109cf8b37..32475962c92 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 #include "compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health.h"
 #include "compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen.h"
 #include "fsmonitor--daemon.h"
@@ -1282,6 +1283,13 @@ static int fsmonitor_run_daemon(void)
 	strbuf_addstr(&state.path_worktree_watch, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()));
 	state.nr_paths_watching = 1;
 
+	state.alias.alias = NULL;
+	state.alias.points_to = NULL;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_alias(state.path_worktree_watch.buf, &state.alias)) {
+		err = error(_("could not get worktree alias"));
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We create and delete cookie files somewhere inside the .git
 	 * directory to help us keep sync with the file system.  If
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
index 8e208e8289e..179886bc15b 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsm-listen.h"
 #include "fsmonitor--daemon.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 struct fsm_listen_data
 {
@@ -209,7 +210,9 @@ static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 		/*
 		 * On Mac, we receive an array of absolute paths.
 		 */
-		path_k = paths[k];
+		path_k = fsmonitor__resolve_alias(paths[k], &state->alias);
+		if (!path_k)
+			path_k = paths[k];
 
 		/*
 		 * If you want to debug FSEvents, log them to GIT_TRACE_FSMONITOR.
@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@ static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 			fsmonitor_force_resync(state);
 			fsmonitor_batch__free_list(batch);
 			string_list_clear(&cookie_list, 0);
+			batch = NULL;
 
 			/*
 			 * We assume that any events that we received
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
index 067cbe6990a..13807f58e95 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
@@ -38,3 +41,92 @@ int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
 		return -1;
 	return fs.is_remote;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Scan the root directory for synthetic firmlinks that when resolved
+ * are a prefix of the path, stopping at the first one found.
+ *
+ * Some information about firmlinks and synthetic firmlinks:
+ * https://eclecticlight.co/2020/01/23/catalina-boot-volumes/
+ *
+ * macOS no longer allows symlinks in the root directory; any link found
+ * there is therefore a synthetic firmlink.
+ *
+ * If this function gets called often, will want to cache all the firmlink
+ * information, but for now there is only one caller of this function.
+ *
+ * If there is more than one alias for the path, that is another
+ * matter altogether.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_alias(const char *path, struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	DIR * dir;
+	int read;
+	int retval;
+	struct dirent *de;
+	struct strbuf alias;
+	struct strbuf points_to;
+
+	retval = 0;
+	dir = opendir("/");
+	if (!dir)
+		return -1;
+
+	strbuf_init(&alias, 256);
+	strbuf_init(&points_to, MAXPATHLEN);
+
+	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		strbuf_reset(&alias);
+		strbuf_addch(&alias, '/');
+		strbuf_add(&alias, de->d_name, strlen(de->d_name));
+
+		read = readlink(alias.buf, points_to.buf, MAXPATHLEN);
+		if (read > 0) {
+			strbuf_setlen(&points_to, read);
+			if ((strncmp(points_to.buf, path, points_to.len) == 0)
+				&& path[points_to.len] == '/') {
+				info->alias = strbuf_detach(&alias, NULL);
+				info->points_to = strbuf_detach(&points_to, NULL);
+				trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+					"Found alias for '%s' : '%s' -> '%s'",
+					path, info->alias, info->points_to);
+				retval = 0;
+				goto done;
+			}
+		} else if (errno != EINVAL) { /* Something other than not a link */
+			trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "Error %s", strerror(errno));
+			retval = -1;
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
+
+	done:
+	closedir(dir);
+	strbuf_release(&alias);
+	strbuf_release(&points_to);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+char *fsmonitor__resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	const struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	int len = info->alias ? strlen(info->alias) : 0;
+
+	if (!len)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if ((strncmp(info->alias, path, len) == 0)
+		&& path[len] == '/') {
+		struct strbuf tmp;
+		const char *remainder = path + len;
+		int ptr_len = strlen(info->points_to);
+		int rem_len = strlen(remainder);
+
+		strbuf_init(&tmp, ptr_len + rem_len);
+		strbuf_add(&tmp, info->points_to, ptr_len);
+		strbuf_add(&tmp, remainder, rem_len);
+		return strbuf_detach(&tmp, NULL);
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
index a90b8f7925b..0d95bbb416f 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
@@ -126,3 +126,20 @@ int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
 		return -1;
 	return fs.is_remote;
 }
+
+/*
+ * No-op for now.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_alias(const char *path, struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * No-op for now.
+ */
+char *fsmonitor__resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	const struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/fsmonitor--daemon.h b/fsmonitor--daemon.h
index 2102a5c9ff5..98cbb430083 100644
--- a/fsmonitor--daemon.h
+++ b/fsmonitor--daemon.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "simple-ipc.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 struct fsmonitor_batch;
 struct fsmonitor_token_data;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ struct fsmonitor_daemon_state {
 
 	struct strbuf path_worktree_watch;
 	struct strbuf path_gitdir_watch;
+	struct alias_info alias;
 	int nr_paths_watching;
 
 	struct fsmonitor_token_data *current_token_data;
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ struct fsmonitor_daemon_state {
 
 	struct ipc_server_data *ipc_server_data;
 	struct strbuf path_ipc;
+
 };
 
 /*
@@ -167,5 +170,8 @@ void fsmonitor_publish(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state,
  */
 void fsmonitor_force_resync(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state);
 
+char *fsmonitor_resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	struct alias_info *alias);
+
 #endif /* HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND */
 #endif /* FSMONITOR_DAEMON_H */
diff --git a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
index e48592887e7..50ef37e57bb 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
 #define FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
 
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+struct alias_info
+{
+	char *alias;
+	char *points_to;
+};
+
 struct fs_info {
 	int is_remote;
 	char *typename;
@@ -20,4 +28,32 @@ int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info);
  */
 int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path);
 
+/*
+ * Get the alias in given path, if any.
+ *
+ * Sets alias to the first alias that matches any part of the path.
+ *
+ * If an alias is found, info.alias and info.points_to are set to the
+ * found mapping.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, 0 otherwise.
+ *
+ * The caller owns the storage that is occupied by set info.alias and
+ * info.points_to and is responsible for releasing it with `free(3)`
+ * when done.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_alias(const char *path, struct alias_info *info);
+
+/*
+ * Resolve the path against the given alias.
+ *
+ * Returns the resolved path if there is one, NULL otherwise.
+ *
+ * The caller owns the storage that the returned string occupies and
+ * is responsible for releasing it with `free(3)` when done.
+ */
+char *fsmonitor__resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	const struct alias_info *info);
+
+
 #endif

Makefile, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c, contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt, fsmonitor-path-utils.h, fsmonitor-settings.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9247ead45b..6e492a67547 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2039,6 +2039,7 @@ endif
 ifdef FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-$(FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS).o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-$(FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS).o
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(TCLTK_PATH),)
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..067cbe6990a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	struct statfs fs;
+	if (statfs(path, &fs) == -1) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
+				 path, strerror(saved_errno));
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
+			 path, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+
+	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
+		fs_info->is_remote = 1;
+	else
+		fs_info->is_remote = 0;
+
+	fs_info->typename = fs.f_fstypename;
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"'%s' is_remote: %d",
+				path, fs_info->is_remote);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
+{
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(path, &fs))
+		return -1;
+	return fs.is_remote;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a90b8f7925b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+
+/*
+ * Check remote working directory protocol.
+ *
+ * Return -1 if client machine cannot get remote protocol information.
+ */
+static int check_remote_protocol(wchar_t *wpath)
+{
+	HANDLE h;
+	FILE_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_INFO proto_info;
+
+	h = CreateFileW(wpath, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+			FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+
+	if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to open for read '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!GetFileInformationByHandleEx(h, FileRemoteProtocolInfo,
+		&proto_info, sizeof(proto_info))) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to get protocol information for '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		CloseHandle(h);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	CloseHandle(h);
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"check_remote_protocol('%ls') remote protocol %#8.8lx",
+				wpath, proto_info.Protocol);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Notes for testing:
+ *
+ * (a) Windows allows a network share to be mapped to a drive letter.
+ *     (This is the normal method to access it.)
+ *
+ *     $ NET USE Z: \\server\share
+ *     $ git -C Z:/repo status
+ *
+ * (b) Windows allows a network share to be referenced WITHOUT mapping
+ *     it to drive letter.
+ *
+ *     $ NET USE \\server\share\dir
+ *     $ git -C //server/share/repo status
+ *
+ * (c) Windows allows "SUBST" to create a fake drive mapping to an
+ *     arbitrary path (which may be remote)
+ *
+ *     $ SUBST Q: Z:\repo
+ *     $ git -C Q:/ status
+ *
+ * (d) Windows allows a directory symlink to be created on a local
+ *     file system that points to a remote repo.
+ *
+ *     $ mklink /d ./link //server/share/repo
+ *     $ git -C ./link status
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
+	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
+	size_t wlen;
+	UINT driveType;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do everything in wide chars because the drive letter might be
+	 * a multi-byte sequence.  See win32_has_dos_drive_prefix().
+	 */
+	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, path) < 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * GetDriveTypeW() requires a final slash.  We assume that the
+	 * worktree pathname points to an actual directory.
+	 */
+	wlen = wcslen(wpath);
+	if (wpath[wlen - 1] != L'\\' && wpath[wlen - 1] != L'/') {
+		wpath[wlen++] = L'\\';
+		wpath[wlen] = 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Normalize the path.  If nothing else, this converts forward
+	 * slashes to backslashes.  This is essential to get GetDriveTypeW()
+	 * correctly handle some UNC "\\server\share\..." paths.
+	 */
+	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_PATH, wfullpath, NULL)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	driveType = GetDriveTypeW(wfullpath);
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "DriveType '%s' L'%ls' (%u)",
+			 path, wfullpath, driveType);
+
+	if (driveType == DRIVE_REMOTE) {
+		fs_info->is_remote = 1;
+		if (check_remote_protocol(wfullpath) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	} else {
+		fs_info->is_remote = 0;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"'%s' is_remote: %d",
+				path, fs_info->is_remote);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
+{
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(path, &fs))
+		return -1;
+	return fs.is_remote;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index efc732c0f31..dba3ced6bb7 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -1,32 +1,10 @@
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "repository.h"
-#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
-#include <sys/param.h>
-#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
-/*
- * [1] Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
- *
- * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
- * mount type (NFS, SAMBA, etc.) dictates whether notification events
- * are available at all to remote client machines.
- *
- * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
- * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
- * delivered to client machine processes.
- *
- * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
- * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
- * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
- * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
- * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
- * notification fd and create a new one.
- *
- * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
- * using the Hook or IPC API.
- *
+ /*
  * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket for the
  * IPC in the .git directory.  If the working directory is remote,
  * then the socket will be created on the remote file system.  This
@@ -38,40 +16,34 @@
  * be taken to ensure that $HOME is actually local and not a managed
  * file share.)
  *
- * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- *
- * [2] FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
+ * FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
  *
  * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the .git
  * directory for IPC.  These Windows drive formats do not support
  * Unix domain sockets, so mark them as incompatible for the daemon.
  *
  */
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(struct repository *r)
 {
-	struct statfs fs;
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	strbuf_add(&path, ipc_path, strlen(ipc_path));
 
-	if (statfs(r->worktree, &fs) == -1) {
-		int saved_errno = errno;
-		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
-				 r->worktree, strerror(saved_errno));
-		errno = saved_errno;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(dirname(path.buf), &fs) == -1) {
+		strbuf_release(&path);
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
-			 r->worktree, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
 
-	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
+	if (fs.is_remote)
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 
-	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "msdos")) /* aka FAT32 */
+	if (!strcmp(fs.typename, "msdos")) /* aka FAT32 */
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
 
-	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "ntfs"))
+	if (!strcmp(fs.typename, "ntfs"))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
 
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
@@ -81,7 +53,7 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
-	reason = check_volume(r);
+	reason = check_uds_volume(r);
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index e5ec5b0a9f7..d88b06ae610 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 /*
  * VFS for Git is incompatible with FSMonitor.
@@ -24,171 +25,6 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-/*
- * Check if monitoring remote working directories is allowed.
- *
- * By default, monitoring remote working directories is
- * disabled.  Users may override this behavior in enviroments where
- * they have proper support.
- */
-static int check_config_allowremote(struct repository *r)
-{
-	int allow;
-
-	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
-		return allow;
-
-	return -1; /* fsmonitor.allowremote not set */
-}
-
-/*
- * Check remote working directory protocol.
- *
- * Error if client machine cannot get remote protocol information.
- */
-static int check_remote_protocol(wchar_t *wpath)
-{
-	HANDLE h;
-	FILE_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_INFO proto_info;
-
-	h = CreateFileW(wpath, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
-			FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
-
-	if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to open for read '%ls'"),
-		      GetLastError(), wpath);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (!GetFileInformationByHandleEx(h, FileRemoteProtocolInfo,
-		&proto_info, sizeof(proto_info))) {
-		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to get protocol information for '%ls'"),
-		      GetLastError(), wpath);
-		CloseHandle(h);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	CloseHandle(h);
-
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-				"check_remote_protocol('%ls') remote protocol %#8.8lx",
-				wpath, proto_info.Protocol);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
- *
- * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
- * mount type dictates whether notification events are available at
- * all to remote client machines.
- *
- * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
- * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
- * delivered to client machine processes.
- *
- * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
- * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
- * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
- * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
- * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
- * notification fd and create a new one.
- *
- * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
- * using the Hook or IPC API.
- *
- * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- * Notes for testing:
- *
- * (a) Windows allows a network share to be mapped to a drive letter.
- *     (This is the normal method to access it.)
- *
- *     $ NET USE Z: \\server\share
- *     $ git -C Z:/repo status
- *
- * (b) Windows allows a network share to be referenced WITHOUT mapping
- *     it to drive letter.
- *
- *     $ NET USE \\server\share\dir
- *     $ git -C //server/share/repo status
- *
- * (c) Windows allows "SUBST" to create a fake drive mapping to an
- *     arbitrary path (which may be remote)
- *
- *     $ SUBST Q: Z:\repo
- *     $ git -C Q:/ status
- *
- * (d) Windows allows a directory symlink to be created on a local
- *     file system that points to a remote repo.
- *
- *     $ mklink /d ./link //server/share/repo
- *     $ git -C ./link status
- */
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
-{
-	int ret;
-	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
-	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
-	size_t wlen;
-	UINT driveType;
-
-	/*
-	 * Do everything in wide chars because the drive letter might be
-	 * a multi-byte sequence.  See win32_has_dos_drive_prefix().
-	 */
-	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, r->worktree) < 0)
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-	/*
-	 * GetDriveTypeW() requires a final slash.  We assume that the
-	 * worktree pathname points to an actual directory.
-	 */
-	wlen = wcslen(wpath);
-	if (wpath[wlen - 1] != L'\\' && wpath[wlen - 1] != L'/') {
-		wpath[wlen++] = L'\\';
-		wpath[wlen] = 0;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Normalize the path.  If nothing else, this converts forward
-	 * slashes to backslashes.  This is essential to get GetDriveTypeW()
-	 * correctly handle some UNC "\\server\share\..." paths.
-	 */
-	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_PATH, wfullpath, NULL))
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-	driveType = GetDriveTypeW(wfullpath);
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-			 "DriveType '%s' L'%ls' (%u)",
-			 r->worktree, wfullpath, driveType);
-
-	if (driveType == DRIVE_REMOTE) {
-		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-				 "check_remote('%s') true",
-				 r->worktree);
-
-		ret = check_remote_protocol(wfullpath);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-		switch (check_config_allowremote(r)) {
-		case 0: /* config overrides and disables */
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
-		case 1: /* config overrides and enables */
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
-		default:
-			break; /* config has no opinion */
-		}
-
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
-	}
-
-	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
-}
-
 enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
@@ -197,9 +33,5 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
-	reason = check_remote(r);
-	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
-		return reason;
-
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 2237109b57f..b88494bf59b 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-win32.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c)
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-darwin.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c)
diff --git a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e48592887e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
+#define FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
+
+struct fs_info {
+	int is_remote;
+	char *typename;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Get some basic filesystem informtion for the given path
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, zero otherwise.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info);
+
+/*
+ * Determines if the filesystem that path resides on is remote.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, 0 if not remote, 1 if remote.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index 464424a1e92..d288cbad479 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 /*
  * We keep this structure defintion private and have getters
@@ -13,6 +14,52 @@ struct fsmonitor_settings {
 	char *hook_path;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
+ *
+ * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
+ * mount type dictates whether notification events are available at
+ * all to remote client machines.
+ *
+ * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
+ * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
+ * delivered to client machine processes.
+ *
+ * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
+ * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
+ * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
+ * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
+ * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
+ * notification fd and create a new one.
+ *
+ * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
+ * using the Hook or IPC API.
+ *
+ * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
+ * incompatible unless 'fsmonitor.allowRemote' is true.
+ *
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow_remote = -1; /* -1 unset, 0 not allowed, 1 allowed */
+	int is_remote = fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(r->worktree);
+
+	switch (is_remote) {
+		case 0:
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		case 1:
+			repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow_remote);
+			if (allow_remote < 1)
+				return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+			else
+				return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		default:
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r->worktree) {
@@ -27,6 +74,9 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	{
 		enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
+		reason = check_remote(r);
+		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+			return reason;
 		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;

Makefile, builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt, fsmonitor-ipc.c, fsmonitor-ipc.h

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e492a67547..58bb9248471 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2034,6 +2034,7 @@ ifdef FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
 endif
 
 ifdef FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index 2c109cf8b37..0123fc33ed2 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -1343,7 +1343,8 @@ static int fsmonitor_run_daemon(void)
 	 * directory.)
 	 */
 	strbuf_init(&state.path_ipc, 0);
-	strbuf_addstr(&state.path_ipc, absolute_path(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path()));
+	strbuf_addstr(&state.path_ipc,
+		absolute_path(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository)));
 
 	/*
 	 * Confirm that we can create platform-specific resources for the
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c238ed9c5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(struct repository *r)
+{
+	static const char *ipc_path;
+	SHA_CTX sha1ctx;
+	char *sock_dir;
+	struct strbuf ipc_file = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned char hash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+
+	if (ipc_path)
+		return ipc_path;
+
+	if (!r)
+		r = the_repository;
+
+	ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+
+	/* By default the socket file is created in the .git directory */
+	if (fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(ipc_path) < 1)
+		return ipc_path;
+
+	SHA1_Init(&sha1ctx);
+	SHA1_Update(&sha1ctx, r->worktree, strlen(r->worktree));
+	SHA1_Final(hash, &sha1ctx);
+
+	repo_config_get_string(r, "fsmonitor.socketdir", &sock_dir);
+
+	/* Create the socket file in either socketDir or $HOME */
+	if (sock_dir && *sock_dir)
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "%s/.git-fsmonitor-%s",
+					sock_dir, hash_to_hex(hash));
+	else
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "~/.git-fsmonitor-%s", hash_to_hex(hash));
+
+	ipc_path = interpolate_path(ipc_file.buf, 1);
+	if (!ipc_path)
+		die(_("Invalid path: %s"), ipc_file.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&ipc_file);
+	return ipc_path;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a3a46db209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "config.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(struct repository *r) {
+	static char *ret;
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = git_pathdup("fsmonitor--daemon.ipc");
+	return ret;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index dba3ced6bb7..681d8bf963e 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(struct repository *r)
 {
 	struct fs_info fs;
-	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(r);
 	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
 	strbuf_add(&path, ipc_path, strlen(ipc_path));
 
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index b88494bf59b..7e7b6b9a362 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-win32.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-darwin.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.c b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
index 789e7397baa..c0f42301c84 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void)
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(struct repository *r)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -47,11 +47,9 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
-
 enum ipc_active_state fsmonitor_ipc__get_state(void)
 {
-	return ipc_get_active_state(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path());
+	return ipc_get_active_state(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository));
 }
 
 static int spawn_daemon(void)
@@ -81,8 +79,8 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__send_query(const char *since_token,
 	trace2_data_string("fsm_client", NULL, "query/command", tok);
 
 try_again:
-	state = ipc_client_try_connect(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(), &options,
-				       &connection);
+	state = ipc_client_try_connect(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository),
+						&options, &connection);
 
 	switch (state) {
 	case IPC_STATE__LISTENING:
@@ -117,13 +115,13 @@ try_again:
 
 	case IPC_STATE__INVALID_PATH:
 		ret = error(_("fsmonitor_ipc__send_query: invalid path '%s'"),
-			    fsmonitor_ipc__get_path());
+			    fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository));
 		goto done;
 
 	case IPC_STATE__OTHER_ERROR:
 	default:
 		ret = error(_("fsmonitor_ipc__send_query: unspecified error on '%s'"),
-			    fsmonitor_ipc__get_path());
+			    fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository));
 		goto done;
 	}
 
@@ -149,8 +147,8 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__send_command(const char *command,
 	options.wait_if_busy = 1;
 	options.wait_if_not_found = 0;
 
-	state = ipc_client_try_connect(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(), &options,
-				       &connection);
+	state = ipc_client_try_connect(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository),
+						&options, &connection);
 	if (state != IPC_STATE__LISTENING) {
 		die(_("fsmonitor--daemon is not running"));
 		return -1;
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.h b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
index b6a7067c3af..8b489da762b 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "simple-ipc.h"
 
+struct repository;
+
 /*
  * Returns true if built-in file system monitor daemon is defined
  * for this platform.
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void);
  *
  * Returns NULL if the daemon is not supported on this platform.
  */
-const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void);
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(struct repository *r);
 
 /*
  * Try to determine whether there is a `git-fsmonitor--daemon` process

compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c, fsmonitor-settings.c, fsmonitor-settings.h

diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index 681d8bf963e..40da2d3b533 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
+enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
-	reason = check_uds_volume(r);
-	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
-		return reason;
+	if (ipc) {
+		reason = check_uds_volume(r);
+		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+			return reason;
+	}
 
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index d88b06ae610..a8af31b71de 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
+enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index d288cbad479..531a1b6f956 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
 }
 #endif
 
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc)
 {
 	if (!r->worktree) {
 		/*
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 		reason = check_remote(r);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;
-		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r);
+		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r, ipc);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;
 	}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const char *fsm_settings__get_hook_path(struct repository *r)
 
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r, 1);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r)
 
 void fsm_settings__set_hook(struct repository *r, const char *path)
 {
-	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r);
+	enum fsmonitor_reason reason = check_for_incompatible(r, 0);
 
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK) {
 		fsm_settings__set_incompatible(r, reason);
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.h b/fsmonitor-settings.h
index d9c2605197f..0721617b95a 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct fsmonitor_settings;
  * fsm_os__* routines should considered private to fsm_settings__
  * routines.
  */
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r);
+enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r, int ipc);
 #endif /* HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS */
 
 #endif /* FSMONITOR_SETTINGS_H */

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
index cc142fb8612..0adccd0eced 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,41 @@ the change (as happening against the super repo).  However, the client
 will properly ignore these extra events, so performance may be affected
 but it will not cause an incorrect result.
 
+By default, the fsmonitor daemon refuses to work against network-mounted
+repositories; this my be overridden by setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to
+`true`. Note, however, that the fsmonitor daemon is not guaranteed to work
+correctly with all network-mounted repositores and such use is considered
+experimental.
+
+On Mac OS, the inter-process communication (IPC) between various Git
+commands and the fsmonitor daemon is done via a Unix domain socket (UDS).
+Usage of UDS requires the creation of a file which, by default, is created
+in the .git directory.  If the fsmonitor daemon detects that the .git directory
+is on a network-mounted file system, it will create the UDS file in $HOME.  If
+$HOME itself is on a network-mounted file system or if $HOME is not the desired
+location for the UDS file, 'fsmonitor.socketDir' may be set to any valid, local
+directory on a file system with proper support.  Mac OS native file systems have
+the required support.  File systems known to lack support include FAT32 and
+NTFS.  Other file systems may or many not have the needed support; the fsmonitor
+daemon is not guaranteed to work with these file systems and such use is
+considered experimental.
+
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+When `core.fsmonitor` is set to `true` (see linkgit:git-config[1])
+the fsmonitor daemon will pay attention to the following configuration
+variables:
+
+fsmonitor.allowRemote::
+	By default, the daemon refuses to work against network-mounted
+	repositories. Setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to `true` overrides
+	this behavior.
+
+fsmonitor.socketDir::
+	This option is only used by the Mac OS implementation of the fsmonitor
+	daemon.	If set, 'fsmonitor.socketDir' must be set to a valid, local
+	directory on a file system that can support Unix domain sockets (UDS).
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite

diff --git a/fsmonitor--daemon.h b/fsmonitor--daemon.h
index e24838f9a86..98cbb430083 100644
--- a/fsmonitor--daemon.h
+++ b/fsmonitor--daemon.h
@@ -170,5 +170,8 @@ void fsmonitor_publish(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state,
  */
 void fsmonitor_force_resync(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state);
 
+char *fsmonitor_resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	struct alias_info *alias);
+
 #endif /* HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND */
 #endif /* FSMONITOR_DAEMON_H */

builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c, fsmonitor--daemon.h, fsmonitor-path-utils.h

diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index 0123fc33ed2..56fcd1c2baa 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 #include "compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health.h"
 #include "compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen.h"
 #include "fsmonitor--daemon.h"
@@ -1282,6 +1283,13 @@ static int fsmonitor_run_daemon(void)
 	strbuf_addstr(&state.path_worktree_watch, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()));
 	state.nr_paths_watching = 1;
 
+	state.alias.alias = NULL;
+	state.alias.points_to = NULL;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_alias(state.path_worktree_watch.buf, &state.alias)) {
+		err = error(_("could not get worktree alias"));
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We create and delete cookie files somewhere inside the .git
 	 * directory to help us keep sync with the file system.  If
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
index 8e208e8289e..179886bc15b 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsm-listen.h"
 #include "fsmonitor--daemon.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 struct fsm_listen_data
 {
@@ -209,7 +210,9 @@ static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 		/*
 		 * On Mac, we receive an array of absolute paths.
 		 */
-		path_k = paths[k];
+		path_k = fsmonitor__resolve_alias(paths[k], &state->alias);
+		if (!path_k)
+			path_k = paths[k];
 
 		/*
 		 * If you want to debug FSEvents, log them to GIT_TRACE_FSMONITOR.
@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@ static void fsevent_callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef streamRef,
 			fsmonitor_force_resync(state);
 			fsmonitor_batch__free_list(batch);
 			string_list_clear(&cookie_list, 0);
+			batch = NULL;
 
 			/*
 			 * We assume that any events that we received
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
index 067cbe6990a..13807f58e95 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
@@ -38,3 +41,92 @@ int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
 		return -1;
 	return fs.is_remote;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Scan the root directory for synthetic firmlinks that when resolved
+ * are a prefix of the path, stopping at the first one found.
+ *
+ * Some information about firmlinks and synthetic firmlinks:
+ * https://eclecticlight.co/2020/01/23/catalina-boot-volumes/
+ *
+ * macOS no longer allows symlinks in the root directory; any link found
+ * there is therefore a synthetic firmlink.
+ *
+ * If this function gets called often, will want to cache all the firmlink
+ * information, but for now there is only one caller of this function.
+ *
+ * If there is more than one alias for the path, that is another
+ * matter altogether.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_alias(const char *path, struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	DIR * dir;
+	int read;
+	int retval;
+	struct dirent *de;
+	struct strbuf alias;
+	struct strbuf points_to;
+
+	retval = 0;
+	dir = opendir("/");
+	if (!dir)
+		return -1;
+
+	strbuf_init(&alias, 256);
+	strbuf_init(&points_to, MAXPATHLEN);
+
+	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		strbuf_reset(&alias);
+		strbuf_addch(&alias, '/');
+		strbuf_add(&alias, de->d_name, strlen(de->d_name));
+
+		read = readlink(alias.buf, points_to.buf, MAXPATHLEN);
+		if (read > 0) {
+			strbuf_setlen(&points_to, read);
+			if ((strncmp(points_to.buf, path, points_to.len) == 0)
+				&& path[points_to.len] == '/') {
+				info->alias = strbuf_detach(&alias, NULL);
+				info->points_to = strbuf_detach(&points_to, NULL);
+				trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+					"Found alias for '%s' : '%s' -> '%s'",
+					path, info->alias, info->points_to);
+				retval = 0;
+				goto done;
+			}
+		} else if (errno != EINVAL) { /* Something other than not a link */
+			trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "Error %s", strerror(errno));
+			retval = -1;
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
+
+	done:
+	closedir(dir);
+	strbuf_release(&alias);
+	strbuf_release(&points_to);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+char *fsmonitor__resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	const struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	int len = info->alias ? strlen(info->alias) : 0;
+
+	if (!len)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if ((strncmp(info->alias, path, len) == 0)
+		&& path[len] == '/') {
+		struct strbuf tmp;
+		const char *remainder = path + len;
+		int ptr_len = strlen(info->points_to);
+		int rem_len = strlen(remainder);
+
+		strbuf_init(&tmp, ptr_len + rem_len);
+		strbuf_add(&tmp, info->points_to, ptr_len);
+		strbuf_add(&tmp, remainder, rem_len);
+		return strbuf_detach(&tmp, NULL);
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
index a90b8f7925b..0d95bbb416f 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
@@ -126,3 +126,20 @@ int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
 		return -1;
 	return fs.is_remote;
 }
+
+/*
+ * No-op for now.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_alias(const char *path, struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * No-op for now.
+ */
+char *fsmonitor__resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	const struct alias_info *info)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/fsmonitor--daemon.h b/fsmonitor--daemon.h
index 2102a5c9ff5..e24838f9a86 100644
--- a/fsmonitor--daemon.h
+++ b/fsmonitor--daemon.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "simple-ipc.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 struct fsmonitor_batch;
 struct fsmonitor_token_data;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ struct fsmonitor_daemon_state {
 
 	struct strbuf path_worktree_watch;
 	struct strbuf path_gitdir_watch;
+	struct alias_info alias;
 	int nr_paths_watching;
 
 	struct fsmonitor_token_data *current_token_data;
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ struct fsmonitor_daemon_state {
 
 	struct ipc_server_data *ipc_server_data;
 	struct strbuf path_ipc;
+
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
index e48592887e7..50ef37e57bb 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
 #define FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
 
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+struct alias_info
+{
+	char *alias;
+	char *points_to;
+};
+
 struct fs_info {
 	int is_remote;
 	char *typename;
@@ -20,4 +28,32 @@ int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info);
  */
 int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path);
 
+/*
+ * Get the alias in given path, if any.
+ *
+ * Sets alias to the first alias that matches any part of the path.
+ *
+ * If an alias is found, info.alias and info.points_to are set to the
+ * found mapping.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, 0 otherwise.
+ *
+ * The caller owns the storage that is occupied by set info.alias and
+ * info.points_to and is responsible for releasing it with `free(3)`
+ * when done.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_alias(const char *path, struct alias_info *info);
+
+/*
+ * Resolve the path against the given alias.
+ *
+ * Returns the resolved path if there is one, NULL otherwise.
+ *
+ * The caller owns the storage that the returned string occupies and
+ * is responsible for releasing it with `free(3)` when done.
+ */
+char *fsmonitor__resolve_alias(const char *path,
+	const struct alias_info *info);
+
+
 #endif

Makefile, builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt, fsmonitor-ipc.c, fsmonitor-ipc.h

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e492a67547..58bb9248471 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2034,6 +2034,7 @@ ifdef FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND).o
 endif
 
 ifdef FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index 2c109cf8b37..0123fc33ed2 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -1343,7 +1343,8 @@ static int fsmonitor_run_daemon(void)
 	 * directory.)
 	 */
 	strbuf_init(&state.path_ipc, 0);
-	strbuf_addstr(&state.path_ipc, absolute_path(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path()));
+	strbuf_addstr(&state.path_ipc,
+		absolute_path(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository)));
 
 	/*
 	 * Confirm that we can create platform-specific resources for the
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6628185000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(struct repository *r)
+{
+	static const char *ipc_path;
+	SHA_CTX sha1ctx;
+	char *sock_dir;
+	struct strbuf ipc_file = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned char hash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+
+	if (ipc_path)
+		return ipc_path;
+
+	ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_default_path();
+
+	/* By default the socket file is created in the .git directory */
+	if (fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(ipc_path) < 1)
+		return ipc_path;
+
+	SHA1_Init(&sha1ctx);
+	SHA1_Update(&sha1ctx, r->worktree, strlen(r->worktree));
+	SHA1_Final(hash, &sha1ctx);
+
+	repo_config_get_string(r, "fsmonitor.socketdir", &sock_dir);
+
+	/* Create the socket file in either socketDir or $HOME */
+	if (sock_dir && *sock_dir)
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "%s/.git-fsmonitor-%s",
+					sock_dir, hash_to_hex(hash));
+	else
+		strbuf_addf(&ipc_file, "~/.git-fsmonitor-%s", hash_to_hex(hash));
+
+	ipc_path = interpolate_path(ipc_file.buf, 1);
+	if (!ipc_path)
+		die(_("Invalid path: %s"), ipc_file.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&ipc_file);
+	return ipc_path;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a3a46db209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "config.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(struct repository *r) {
+	static char *ret;
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = git_pathdup("fsmonitor--daemon.ipc");
+	return ret;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index dba3ced6bb7..681d8bf963e 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(struct repository *r)
 {
 	struct fs_info fs;
-	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(r);
 	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
 	strbuf_add(&path, ipc_path, strlen(ipc_path));
 
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index b88494bf59b..7e7b6b9a362 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-win32.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-darwin.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-ipc-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.c b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
index 789e7397baa..c0f42301c84 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void)
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(struct repository *r)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -47,11 +47,9 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-GIT_PATH_FUNC(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path, "fsmonitor--daemon.ipc")
-
 enum ipc_active_state fsmonitor_ipc__get_state(void)
 {
-	return ipc_get_active_state(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path());
+	return ipc_get_active_state(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository));
 }
 
 static int spawn_daemon(void)
@@ -81,8 +79,8 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__send_query(const char *since_token,
 	trace2_data_string("fsm_client", NULL, "query/command", tok);
 
 try_again:
-	state = ipc_client_try_connect(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(), &options,
-				       &connection);
+	state = ipc_client_try_connect(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository),
+						&options, &connection);
 
 	switch (state) {
 	case IPC_STATE__LISTENING:
@@ -117,13 +115,13 @@ try_again:
 
 	case IPC_STATE__INVALID_PATH:
 		ret = error(_("fsmonitor_ipc__send_query: invalid path '%s'"),
-			    fsmonitor_ipc__get_path());
+			    fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository));
 		goto done;
 
 	case IPC_STATE__OTHER_ERROR:
 	default:
 		ret = error(_("fsmonitor_ipc__send_query: unspecified error on '%s'"),
-			    fsmonitor_ipc__get_path());
+			    fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository));
 		goto done;
 	}
 
@@ -149,8 +147,8 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__send_command(const char *command,
 	options.wait_if_busy = 1;
 	options.wait_if_not_found = 0;
 
-	state = ipc_client_try_connect(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(), &options,
-				       &connection);
+	state = ipc_client_try_connect(fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(the_repository),
+						&options, &connection);
 	if (state != IPC_STATE__LISTENING) {
 		die(_("fsmonitor--daemon is not running"));
 		return -1;
diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.h b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
index b6a7067c3af..8b489da762b 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "simple-ipc.h"
 
+struct repository;
+
 /*
  * Returns true if built-in file system monitor daemon is defined
  * for this platform.
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ int fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported(void);
  *
  * Returns NULL if the daemon is not supported on this platform.
  */
-const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(void);
+const char *fsmonitor_ipc__get_path(struct repository *r);
 
 /*
  * Try to determine whether there is a `git-fsmonitor--daemon` process

Makefile, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c, compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c, contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt, fsmonitor-path-utils.h, fsmonitor-settings.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9247ead45b..6e492a67547 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2039,6 +2039,7 @@ endif
 ifdef FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-$(FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS).o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-$(FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS).o
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(TCLTK_PATH),)
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..067cbe6990a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	struct statfs fs;
+	if (statfs(path, &fs) == -1) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
+				 path, strerror(saved_errno));
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
+			 path, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+
+	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
+		fs_info->is_remote = 1;
+	else
+		fs_info->is_remote = 0;
+
+	fs_info->typename = fs.f_fstypename;
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"'%s' is_remote: %d",
+				path, fs_info->is_remote);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
+{
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(path, &fs))
+		return -1;
+	return fs.is_remote;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a90b8f7925b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
+
+/*
+ * Check remote working directory protocol.
+ *
+ * Return -1 if client machine cannot get remote protocol information.
+ */
+static int check_remote_protocol(wchar_t *wpath)
+{
+	HANDLE h;
+	FILE_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_INFO proto_info;
+
+	h = CreateFileW(wpath, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+			FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+
+	if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to open for read '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!GetFileInformationByHandleEx(h, FileRemoteProtocolInfo,
+		&proto_info, sizeof(proto_info))) {
+		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to get protocol information for '%ls'"),
+		      GetLastError(), wpath);
+		CloseHandle(h);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	CloseHandle(h);
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"check_remote_protocol('%ls') remote protocol %#8.8lx",
+				wpath, proto_info.Protocol);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Notes for testing:
+ *
+ * (a) Windows allows a network share to be mapped to a drive letter.
+ *     (This is the normal method to access it.)
+ *
+ *     $ NET USE Z: \\server\share
+ *     $ git -C Z:/repo status
+ *
+ * (b) Windows allows a network share to be referenced WITHOUT mapping
+ *     it to drive letter.
+ *
+ *     $ NET USE \\server\share\dir
+ *     $ git -C //server/share/repo status
+ *
+ * (c) Windows allows "SUBST" to create a fake drive mapping to an
+ *     arbitrary path (which may be remote)
+ *
+ *     $ SUBST Q: Z:\repo
+ *     $ git -C Q:/ status
+ *
+ * (d) Windows allows a directory symlink to be created on a local
+ *     file system that points to a remote repo.
+ *
+ *     $ mklink /d ./link //server/share/repo
+ *     $ git -C ./link status
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
+	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
+	size_t wlen;
+	UINT driveType;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do everything in wide chars because the drive letter might be
+	 * a multi-byte sequence.  See win32_has_dos_drive_prefix().
+	 */
+	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, path) < 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * GetDriveTypeW() requires a final slash.  We assume that the
+	 * worktree pathname points to an actual directory.
+	 */
+	wlen = wcslen(wpath);
+	if (wpath[wlen - 1] != L'\\' && wpath[wlen - 1] != L'/') {
+		wpath[wlen++] = L'\\';
+		wpath[wlen] = 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Normalize the path.  If nothing else, this converts forward
+	 * slashes to backslashes.  This is essential to get GetDriveTypeW()
+	 * correctly handle some UNC "\\server\share\..." paths.
+	 */
+	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_PATH, wfullpath, NULL)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	driveType = GetDriveTypeW(wfullpath);
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+			 "DriveType '%s' L'%ls' (%u)",
+			 path, wfullpath, driveType);
+
+	if (driveType == DRIVE_REMOTE) {
+		fs_info->is_remote = 1;
+		if (check_remote_protocol(wfullpath) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	} else {
+		fs_info->is_remote = 0;
+	}
+
+	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
+				"'%s' is_remote: %d",
+				path, fs_info->is_remote);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path)
+{
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(path, &fs))
+		return -1;
+	return fs.is_remote;
+}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index efc732c0f31..dba3ced6bb7 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -1,32 +1,10 @@
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "repository.h"
-#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
-#include <sys/param.h>
-#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
-/*
- * [1] Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
- *
- * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
- * mount type (NFS, SAMBA, etc.) dictates whether notification events
- * are available at all to remote client machines.
- *
- * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
- * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
- * delivered to client machine processes.
- *
- * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
- * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
- * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
- * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
- * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
- * notification fd and create a new one.
- *
- * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
- * using the Hook or IPC API.
- *
+ /*
  * For the builtin FSMonitor, we create the Unix domain socket for the
  * IPC in the .git directory.  If the working directory is remote,
  * then the socket will be created on the remote file system.  This
@@ -38,40 +16,34 @@
  * be taken to ensure that $HOME is actually local and not a managed
  * file share.)
  *
- * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- *
- * [2] FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
+ * FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
  *
  * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the .git
  * directory for IPC.  These Windows drive formats do not support
  * Unix domain sockets, so mark them as incompatible for the daemon.
  *
  */
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_uds_volume(struct repository *r)
 {
-	struct statfs fs;
+	struct fs_info fs;
+	const char *ipc_path = fsmonitor_ipc__get_path();
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	strbuf_add(&path, ipc_path, strlen(ipc_path));
 
-	if (statfs(r->worktree, &fs) == -1) {
-		int saved_errno = errno;
-		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor, "statfs('%s') failed: %s",
-				 r->worktree, strerror(saved_errno));
-		errno = saved_errno;
+	if (fsmonitor__get_fs_info(dirname(path.buf), &fs) == -1) {
+		strbuf_release(&path);
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-			 "statfs('%s') [type 0x%08x][flags 0x%08x] '%s'",
-			 r->worktree, fs.f_type, fs.f_flags, fs.f_fstypename);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
 
-	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
+	if (fs.is_remote)
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 
-	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "msdos")) /* aka FAT32 */
+	if (!strcmp(fs.typename, "msdos")) /* aka FAT32 */
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
 
-	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "ntfs"))
+	if (!strcmp(fs.typename, "ntfs"))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
 
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
@@ -81,7 +53,7 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
-	reason = check_volume(r);
+	reason = check_uds_volume(r);
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index e5ec5b0a9f7..d88b06ae610 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 /*
  * VFS for Git is incompatible with FSMonitor.
@@ -24,171 +25,6 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_vfs4git(struct repository *r)
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
-/*
- * Check if monitoring remote working directories is allowed.
- *
- * By default, monitoring remote working directories is
- * disabled.  Users may override this behavior in enviroments where
- * they have proper support.
- */
-static int check_config_allowremote(struct repository *r)
-{
-	int allow;
-
-	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow))
-		return allow;
-
-	return -1; /* fsmonitor.allowremote not set */
-}
-
-/*
- * Check remote working directory protocol.
- *
- * Error if client machine cannot get remote protocol information.
- */
-static int check_remote_protocol(wchar_t *wpath)
-{
-	HANDLE h;
-	FILE_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_INFO proto_info;
-
-	h = CreateFileW(wpath, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
-			FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
-
-	if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to open for read '%ls'"),
-		      GetLastError(), wpath);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (!GetFileInformationByHandleEx(h, FileRemoteProtocolInfo,
-		&proto_info, sizeof(proto_info))) {
-		error(_("[GLE %ld] unable to get protocol information for '%ls'"),
-		      GetLastError(), wpath);
-		CloseHandle(h);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	CloseHandle(h);
-
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-				"check_remote_protocol('%ls') remote protocol %#8.8lx",
-				wpath, proto_info.Protocol);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
- *
- * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
- * mount type dictates whether notification events are available at
- * all to remote client machines.
- *
- * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
- * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
- * delivered to client machine processes.
- *
- * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
- * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
- * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
- * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
- * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
- * notification fd and create a new one.
- *
- * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
- * using the Hook or IPC API.
- *
- * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
- * incompatible.
- *
- * Notes for testing:
- *
- * (a) Windows allows a network share to be mapped to a drive letter.
- *     (This is the normal method to access it.)
- *
- *     $ NET USE Z: \\server\share
- *     $ git -C Z:/repo status
- *
- * (b) Windows allows a network share to be referenced WITHOUT mapping
- *     it to drive letter.
- *
- *     $ NET USE \\server\share\dir
- *     $ git -C //server/share/repo status
- *
- * (c) Windows allows "SUBST" to create a fake drive mapping to an
- *     arbitrary path (which may be remote)
- *
- *     $ SUBST Q: Z:\repo
- *     $ git -C Q:/ status
- *
- * (d) Windows allows a directory symlink to be created on a local
- *     file system that points to a remote repo.
- *
- *     $ mklink /d ./link //server/share/repo
- *     $ git -C ./link status
- */
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
-{
-	int ret;
-	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
-	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
-	size_t wlen;
-	UINT driveType;
-
-	/*
-	 * Do everything in wide chars because the drive letter might be
-	 * a multi-byte sequence.  See win32_has_dos_drive_prefix().
-	 */
-	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, r->worktree) < 0)
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-	/*
-	 * GetDriveTypeW() requires a final slash.  We assume that the
-	 * worktree pathname points to an actual directory.
-	 */
-	wlen = wcslen(wpath);
-	if (wpath[wlen - 1] != L'\\' && wpath[wlen - 1] != L'/') {
-		wpath[wlen++] = L'\\';
-		wpath[wlen] = 0;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Normalize the path.  If nothing else, this converts forward
-	 * slashes to backslashes.  This is essential to get GetDriveTypeW()
-	 * correctly handle some UNC "\\server\share\..." paths.
-	 */
-	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_PATH, wfullpath, NULL))
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-	driveType = GetDriveTypeW(wfullpath);
-	trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-			 "DriveType '%s' L'%ls' (%u)",
-			 r->worktree, wfullpath, driveType);
-
-	if (driveType == DRIVE_REMOTE) {
-		trace_printf_key(&trace_fsmonitor,
-				 "check_remote('%s') true",
-				 r->worktree);
-
-		ret = check_remote_protocol(wfullpath);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
-
-		switch (check_config_allowremote(r)) {
-		case 0: /* config overrides and disables */
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
-		case 1: /* config overrides and enables */
-			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
-		default:
-			break; /* config has no opinion */
-		}
-
-		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
-	}
-
-	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
-}
-
 enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
@@ -197,9 +33,5 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
-	reason = check_remote(r);
-	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
-		return reason;
-
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 2237109b57f..b88494bf59b 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-win32.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-win32.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c)
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ if(SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC)
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-health-darwin.c)
+		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-path-utils-darwin.c)
 
 		add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
 		list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c)
diff --git a/fsmonitor-path-utils.h b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e48592887e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fsmonitor-path-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
+#define FSM_PATH_UTILS_H
+
+struct fs_info {
+	int is_remote;
+	char *typename;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Get some basic filesystem informtion for the given path
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, zero otherwise.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__get_fs_info(const char *path, struct fs_info *fs_info);
+
+/*
+ * Determines if the filesystem that path resides on is remote.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error, 0 if not remote, 1 if remote.
+ */
+int fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(const char *path);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index 464424a1e92..d288cbad479 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-path-utils.h"
 
 /*
  * We keep this structure defintion private and have getters
@@ -13,6 +14,52 @@ struct fsmonitor_settings {
 	char *hook_path;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
+ *
+ * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
+ * mount type dictates whether notification events are available at
+ * all to remote client machines.
+ *
+ * Kernel differences between the server and client machines also
+ * dictate the how (buffering, frequency, de-dup) the events are
+ * delivered to client machine processes.
+ *
+ * A client machine (such as a laptop) may choose to suspend/resume
+ * and it is unclear (without lots of testing) whether the watcher can
+ * resync after a resume.  We might be able to treat this as a normal
+ * "events were dropped by the kernel" event and do our normal "flush
+ * and resync" --or-- we might need to close the existing (zombie?)
+ * notification fd and create a new one.
+ *
+ * In theory, the above issues need to be addressed whether we are
+ * using the Hook or IPC API.
+ *
+ * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
+ * incompatible unless 'fsmonitor.allowRemote' is true.
+ *
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
+{
+	int allow_remote = -1; /* -1 unset, 0 not allowed, 1 allowed */
+	int is_remote = fsmonitor__is_fs_remote(r->worktree);
+
+	switch (is_remote) {
+		case 0:
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		case 1:
+			repo_config_get_bool(r, "fsmonitor.allowremote", &allow_remote);
+			if (allow_remote < 1)
+				return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
+			else
+				return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
+		default:
+			return FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR;
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	if (!r->worktree) {
@@ -27,6 +74,9 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_for_incompatible(struct repository *r)
 	{
 		enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
+		reason = check_remote(r);
+		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
+			return reason;
 		reason = fsm_os__incompatible(r);
 		if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 			return reason;