Re:A quick review of file watchers
by kragen on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @06:05AM
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What have you used it for? From Anarcat's notes, it sounds like it isn't very generally applicable.
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It's great for running unit tests on save, or hacking on python script and re-execute them when you need.
I often use something like this when iterating over stuff. This is a quick hack to list files I touched and differ from main.
git diff main --name-only --relative | entr -r -c my-command
This of course needs to be killed and re-run if you want to pick up new files