clibs/entr
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A utility for running arbitrary commands when files change. Uses kqueue(2) or inotify(7) to avoid polling. entr responds to file system events by executing command line arguments or by writing to a FIFO. entr was written to provide to make rapid feedback and automated testing natural and completely ordinary.
5 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 0 stories, 5 comments · first 2018-06-01 · latest 2022-10-07
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…I did for my personal use case. But I haven't been using it since years. I'd recommend [entr]( https://github.com/clibs/entr ) for the use case watchman was to serve.
comment by crodjer · 2022-10-07 · in Watchman: Execute a command when something changes -
For those use-cases I use entr ( https://github.com/clibs/entr ). In what sense does watchman differ to it? Didn't see anything related to this at first glance :-)
comment by GRBurst · 2022-10-05 · in Watchman: Execute a command when something changes -
…of files, or maybe even program output in the browser without having to press F5 every time. [0]: https://github.com/clibs/entr
comment by jiehong · 2022-05-22 · in Ask HN: What developer tools would you like to see? -
…0.063 pcpu 99.07 I've run it against entr[0] for live-recompilations, and it was pretty good. [0]: https://github.com/clibs/entr
comment by captn3m0 · 2021-12-30 · in Show HN: Pystitcher – A Declarative Alternative to Pdftk -
…using entr[1] instead? I've had great success using it for rebuilding ctags on file changes. [1]: https://github.com/clibs/entr
comment by mwean · 2018-06-01 · in Show HN: Fast `git status` (git core.fsmonitor in Rust)