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diff --git a/development/watchman/README b/development/watchman/README index da78460701544..10ef045b50dea 100644 --- a/development/watchman/README +++ b/development/watchman/README @@ -1,9 +1,22 @@ -Watchman exists to watch files and record when they change. It can also trigger actions (such as rebuilding assets) when matching files change. - -Concepts -- Watchman can recursively watch one or more directory trees (we call them roots). -- Watchman does not follow symlinks. It knows they exist, but they show up the same as any other file in its reporting. -- Watchman waits for a root to settle down before it will start to trigger notifications or command execution. -- Watchman is conservative, preferring to err on the side of caution; it considers files to be freshly changed when you start to watch them or when it is unsure. -- You can query a root for file changes since you last checked, or the current state of the tree -- You can subscribe to file changes that occur in a root +Watchman exists to watch files and record when they change. It can also +trigger actions (such as rebuilding assets) when matching files change. + +Concepts: + +- Watchman can recursively watch one or more directory trees (we call them + roots). + +- Watchman does not follow symlinks. It knows they exist, but they show + up the same as any other file in its reporting. + +- Watchman waits for a root to settle down before it will start to + trigger notifications or command execution. + +- Watchman is conservative, preferring to err on the side of caution; + it considers files to be freshly changed when you start to watch them + or when it is unsure. + +- You can query a root for file changes since you last checked, or the + current state of the tree. + +- You can subscribe to file changes that occur in a root. |