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git-fsmonitor{litdd}daemon(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-fsmonitor--daemon - A Built-in File System Monitor
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git fsmonitor{litdd}daemon' start
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'git fsmonitor{litdd}daemon' run
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'git fsmonitor{litdd}daemon' stop
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'git fsmonitor{litdd}daemon' status
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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A daemon to watch the working directory for file and directory
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changes using platform-specific file system notification facilities.
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This daemon communicates directly with commands like `git status`
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using the link:technical/api-simple-ipc.html[simple IPC] interface
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instead of the slower linkgit:githooks[5] interface.
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This daemon is built into Git so that no third-party tools are
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required.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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start::
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Starts a daemon in the background.
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run::
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Runs a daemon in the foreground.
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stop::
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Stops the daemon running in the current working
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directory, if present.
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status::
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Exits with zero status if a daemon is watching the
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current working directory.
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REMARKS
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This daemon is a long running process used to watch a single working
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directory and maintain a list of the recently changed files and
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directories. Performance of commands such as `git status` can be
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increased if they just ask for a summary of changes to the working
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directory and can avoid scanning the disk.
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When `core.fsmonitor` is set to `true` (see linkgit:git-config[1])
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commands, such as `git status`, will ask the daemon for changes and
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automatically start it (if necessary).
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For more information see the "File System Monitor" section in
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linkgit:git-update-index[1].
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CAVEATS
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The fsmonitor daemon does not currently know about submodules and does
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not know to filter out file system events that happen within a
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submodule. If fsmonitor daemon is watching a super repo and a file is
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modified within the working directory of a submodule, it will report
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the change (as happening against the super repo). However, the client
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will properly ignore these extra events, so performance may be affected
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but it will not cause an incorrect result.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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