microsoft / microsoft/VFSForGit
Mac: Listen to FileSystemWatcher events
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affects: reliability
domain: user-mode
platform: macOS
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 6.1k
- Forks
- 474
- Avg merge
- 2d 4h
- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
Update VFS4G to listen to FileSystemWatcher events (as well as events from the kext). This serves two purposes:
- Detect\log any important events missed by the kext
- Recover from any missed events (by adding the relevant path(s) to ModifiedPaths.dat).
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 by locating VFS4G's Mac-specific handling for kext events and the FileSystemWatcher entry point. Trace how events are logged and how relevant paths are written to ModifiedPaths.dat. Done means both event sources are handled and missed events can trigger recovery of the affected paths.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- operating-systems, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100