Check file listener: new files, symlinks?

[akerbos]

Sometimes, the daemon mode seems to overlook file changes.

There may be problems with

• symlinked files and
• (top-level) files created while the daemon is running.

Investigate!

[akerbos]

listen keeps changing and issues with symlinks have (somewhat) been addressed. See here and here.

It is unclear whether the rather complex listen will be able to do what we want here in an easy and efficient way. One of the lead devs points out that using rb-inotify directly may be an alternative (if only for GNU/Linux). feather_watch may be worth keeping an eye on.

What are other alternatives?

[e2]

It's a tough issue, and you'll probably get the most clarity from these: guard/listen#280 and guard/listen#279

[akerbos]

Thanks, I'll keep watching! Chances are that by the time I actually get around to working on this again, you'll have come up with something that works for me. :)

[e2]

Also, as far as I know changing the directory structure while Listen is running is undefined on Linux.

[reitzig]

Seems not to be resolved in Listen yet.

Should we resolve all symlinks before passing files to Listen?