fswatch

fswatch

A definition of fswatch: Command line tool. Use file system event to trigger user defined commands.

fswatch will follow 3 steps.

1. notify if file under current directory changes.
2. filter event by .gitignore
3. do user defined commands(passed by commands)

How to use

I will show you an example

go get github.com/shxsun/fswatch
# cd to a golang project
# ...
fswatch config.json

# open a new shell, cd to the same place
touch test.go

# now fswatch should do some tests. (if nothing happens, tell me)

#Config.json file structure

Cmd string
Path []string

Example json file:{"Cmd":"go run main.go","Path":["/Users/Max/Go/src/mathapp/","/Users/Max/Go/src/test/"]}

Shell help

Usage:
  fswatch [OPTIONS] config_file

Help Options:
  -h, --help=    Show this help message

Application Options:
  -v, --verbose  Show verbose debug infomation
	  --delay=   Trigger event buffer time (0.5s)
  -d, --depth=   depth of watch (1)

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