From 45a01db6add3399ff6ca93f2e7c7d83dbf59992d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 21:11:19 -0400 Subject: add preliminary design --- doc/design/assistant/inotify.mdwn | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/design/assistant/inotify.mdwn (limited to 'doc/design/assistant/inotify.mdwn') diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/inotify.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/inotify.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..be38ef13c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/design/assistant/inotify.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Finish "git annex watch" command, which runs, in the background, watching via +inotify for changes, and automatically annexing new files, etc. + +There is a `watch` branch in git that adds such a command, although currently +it only handles adding new files, and nothing else. To make this really +useful, it needs to: + +- notice deleted files and stage the deletion + (tricky; there's a race with add..) +- notice renamed files, auto-fix the symlink, and stage the new file location +- periodically auto-commit staged changes +- honor .gitignore, not adding files it excludesa + +Also to do: + +- Support OSes other than Linux; it only uses inotify currently. + OSX and FreeBSD use the same mechanism, and there is a Haskell interface + for it, -- cgit v1.2.3