watchman

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A service that watches files, and triggers actions when changes occur.

Examples (8)

Infer the root directory of the project containing the specified directory, and watch its files and sub-folders for changes

watchman watch-project path/to/directory

Add a trigger to run a command when files with a specified filename pattern in a watched directory change

watchman -- trigger path/to/watched_directory trigger_name 'pattern' -- command

List all watched directories

watchman watch-list

Delete a watch on a directory and its associated triggers

watchman watch-del path/to/watched_directory

Delete all watched directories and triggers

watchman watch-del-all

List all triggers on a watched directory

watchman trigger-list path/to/watched_directory

Delete a trigger from a watched directory

watchman trigger-del path/to/watched_directory trigger_name

Temporarily stop `watchman`, until the next time you call a `watchman` command

watchman shutdown-server