microcks / microcks/microcks-cli
bug: File watcher stops triggering after first save in VS Code and other IDEs
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 52
- Forks
- 68
- Avg merge
- 6h 54m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 10
Description
Description: While testing the microcks import --watch command, I noticed that file changes are only detected on the first save when editing specs in editors like VS Code or IntelliJ. After the initial save, subsequent saves are ignored and the watcher no longer triggers imports.
Expected Behavior : The watcher should continue monitoring the file and trigger imports on every save.
Actual behavior : The watch appears to be lost after the first save, so later modifications are ignored silently.
Possible cause: It looks related to how some editors perform atomic saves by writing to a temporary file and renaming it over the original file. In that case, fsnotify emits Rename/Remove events instead of only Write, and the existing watch may get dropped without being re-registered.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the Go entry point for the microcks import --watch command and inspect how filesystem events are handled, especially Rename and Remove events from atomic saves. Reproduce the issue by saving the same spec repeatedly in VS Code or IntelliJ, then verify that each save triggers an import and that watching continues afterward.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 65/100