Watchman exists to watch files and record when they actually change. It can also trigger actions (such as rebuilding assets) when matching files change.
Head on over to https://facebook.github.io/watchman/
System Requirements:
- Linux systems with
inotify - macOS (uses
FSEventson 10.7+,kqueue(2)on earlier versions) - Windows 10 (64-bit) and up. Windows 7 support is provided by community patches.
Prebuilt Binaries:
- Download and extract the windows release from the latest release here: https://github.com/facebook/watchman/releases/tag/v2024.02.12.00
- It will be named something like watchman-vYYYY.MM.DD.00-windows.zip
- It contains a bin folder. Move that somewhere appropriate and update your PATH environment to reference that location.
Installing via Chocolatey:
Watchman is available via the Chocolatey Windows package manager. Installation is as simple as:
PS C:> choco install watchman
for more information about Chocolatey:
here: https://chocolatey.org/install
for linux and MacOS goes to the next link.
link: https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.
Watchman is made available under the terms of the MIT License. See the LICENSE file that accompanies this distribution for the full text of the license.
Watchman is primarily maintained by the source control team at Meta Platforms, Inc. We support:
- Windows and macOS builds
- Linux builds on recent Ubuntu and Fedora releases
- Watchman's compatibility commitment
- Python, Rust, and JavaScript clients
Support for additional operating systems, release packaging, and language bindings is community-maintained:
- Homebrew
- FreeBSD
- Solaris
Please submit a GitHub issue to report any troubles.
Please see the contributing guide.