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+# Chokidar [![Weekly downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dw/chokidar.svg)](https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar) [![Yearly downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dy/chokidar.svg)](https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar)
+
+> Minimal and efficient cross-platform file watching library
+
+[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/chokidar.png)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/chokidar)
+
+## Why?
+
+Node.js `fs.watch`:
+
+* Doesn't report filenames on MacOS.
+* Doesn't report events at all when using editors like Sublime on MacOS.
+* Often reports events twice.
+* Emits most changes as `rename`.
+* Does not provide an easy way to recursively watch file trees.
+* Does not support recursive watching on Linux.
+
+Node.js `fs.watchFile`:
+
+* Almost as bad at event handling.
+* Also does not provide any recursive watching.
+* Results in high CPU utilization.
+
+Chokidar resolves these problems.
+
+Initially made for **[Brunch](https://brunch.io/)** (an ultra-swift web app build tool), it is now used in
+[Microsoft's Visual Studio Code](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode),
+[gulp](https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp/),
+[karma](https://karma-runner.github.io/),
+[PM2](https://github.com/Unitech/PM2),
+[browserify](http://browserify.org/),
+[webpack](https://webpack.github.io/),
+[BrowserSync](https://www.browsersync.io/),
+and [many others](https://www.npmjs.com/browse/depended/chokidar).
+It has proven itself in production environments.
+
+Version 3 is out! Check out our blog post about it: [Chokidar 3: How to save 32TB of traffic every week](https://paulmillr.com/posts/chokidar-3-save-32tb-of-traffic/)
+
+## How?
+
+Chokidar does still rely on the Node.js core `fs` module, but when using
+`fs.watch` and `fs.watchFile` for watching, it normalizes the events it
+receives, often checking for truth by getting file stats and/or dir contents.
+
+On MacOS, chokidar by default uses a native extension exposing the Darwin
+`FSEvents` API. This provides very efficient recursive watching compared with
+implementations like `kqueue` available on most \*nix platforms. Chokidar still
+does have to do some work to normalize the events received that way as well.
+
+On most other platforms, the `fs.watch`-based implementation is the default, which
+avoids polling and keeps CPU usage down. Be advised that chokidar will initiate
+watchers recursively for everything within scope of the paths that have been
+specified, so be judicious about not wasting system resources by watching much
+more than needed.
+
+## Getting started
+
+Install with npm:
+
+```sh
+npm install chokidar
+```
+
+Then `require` and use it in your code:
+
+```javascript
+const chokidar = require('chokidar');
+
+// One-liner for current directory
+chokidar.watch('.').on('all', (event, path) => {
+ console.log(event, path);
+});
+```
+
+## API
+
+```javascript
+// Example of a more typical implementation structure
+
+// Initialize watcher.
+const watcher = chokidar.watch('file, dir, glob, or array', {
+ ignored: /(^|[\/\\])\../, // ignore dotfiles
+ persistent: true
+});
+
+// Something to use when events are received.
+const log = console.log.bind(console);
+// Add event listeners.
+watcher
+ .on('add', path => log(`File ${path} has been added`))
+ .on('change', path => log(`File ${path} has been changed`))
+ .on('unlink', path => log(`File ${path} has been removed`));
+
+// More possible events.
+watcher
+ .on('addDir', path => log(`Directory ${path} has been added`))
+ .on('unlinkDir', path => log(`Directory ${path} has been removed`))
+ .on('error', error => log(`Watcher error: ${error}`))
+ .on('ready', () => log('Initial scan complete. Ready for changes'))
+ .on('raw', (event, path, details) => { // internal
+ log('Raw event info:', event, path, details);
+ });
+
+// 'add', 'addDir' and 'change' events also receive stat() results as second
+// argument when available: https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_stats
+watcher.on('change', (path, stats) => {
+ if (stats) console.log(`File ${path} changed size to ${stats.size}`);
+});
+
+// Watch new files.
+watcher.add('new-file');
+watcher.add(['new-file-2', 'new-file-3', '**/other-file*']);
+
+// Get list of actual paths being watched on the filesystem
+var watchedPaths = watcher.getWatched();
+
+// Un-watch some files.
+await watcher.unwatch('new-file*');
+
+// Stop watching.
+// The method is async!
+watcher.close().then(() => console.log('closed'));
+
+// Full list of options. See below for descriptions.
+// Do not use this example!
+chokidar.watch('file', {
+ persistent: true,
+
+ ignored: '*.txt',
+ ignoreInitial: false,
+ followSymlinks: true,
+ cwd: '.',
+ disableGlobbing: false,
+
+ usePolling: false,
+ interval: 100,
+ binaryInterval: 300,
+ alwaysStat: false,
+ depth: 99,
+ awaitWriteFinish: {
+ stabilityThreshold: 2000,
+ pollInterval: 100
+ },
+
+ ignorePermissionErrors: false,
+ atomic: true // or a custom 'atomicity delay', in milliseconds (default 100)
+});
+
+```
+
+`chokidar.watch(paths, [options])`
+
+* `paths` (string or array of strings). Paths to files, dirs to be watched
+recursively, or glob patterns.
+ - Note: globs must not contain windows separators (`\`),
+ because that's how they work by the standard —
+ you'll need to replace them with forward slashes (`/`).
+ - Note 2: for additional glob documentation, check out low-level
+ library: [picomatch](https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch).
+* `options` (object) Options object as defined below:
+
+#### Persistence
+
+* `persistent` (default: `true`). Indicates whether the process
+should continue to run as long as files are being watched. If set to
+`false` when using `fsevents` to watch, no more events will be emitted
+after `ready`, even if the process continues to run.
+
+#### Path filtering
+
+* `ignored` ([anymatch](https://github.com/es128/anymatch)-compatible definition)
+Defines files/paths to be ignored. The whole relative or absolute path is
+tested, not just filename. If a function with two arguments is provided, it
+gets called twice per path - once with a single argument (the path), second
+time with two arguments (the path and the
+[`fs.Stats`](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_stats)
+object of that path).
+* `ignoreInitial` (default: `false`). If set to `false` then `add`/`addDir` events are also emitted for matching paths while
+instantiating the watching as chokidar discovers these file paths (before the `ready` event).
+* `followSymlinks` (default: `true`). When `false`, only the
+symlinks themselves will be watched for changes instead of following
+the link references and bubbling events through the link's path.
+* `cwd` (no default). The base directory from which watch `paths` are to be
+derived. Paths emitted with events will be relative to this.
+* `disableGlobbing` (default: `false`). If set to `true` then the strings passed to `.watch()` and `.add()` are treated as
+literal path names, even if they look like globs.
+
+#### Performance
+
+* `usePolling` (default: `false`).
+Whether to use fs.watchFile (backed by polling), or fs.watch. If polling
+leads to high CPU utilization, consider setting this to `false`. It is
+typically necessary to **set this to `true` to successfully watch files over
+a network**, and it may be necessary to successfully watch files in other
+non-standard situations. Setting to `true` explicitly on MacOS overrides the
+`useFsEvents` default. You may also set the CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING env variable
+to true (1) or false (0) in order to override this option.
+* _Polling-specific settings_ (effective when `usePolling: true`)
+ * `interval` (default: `100`). Interval of file system polling, in milliseconds. You may also
+ set the CHOKIDAR_INTERVAL env variable to override this option.
+ * `binaryInterval` (default: `300`). Interval of file system
+ polling for binary files.
+ ([see list of binary extensions](https://github.com/sindresorhus/binary-extensions/blob/master/binary-extensions.json))
+* `useFsEvents` (default: `true` on MacOS). Whether to use the
+`fsevents` watching interface if available. When set to `true` explicitly
+and `fsevents` is available this supercedes the `usePolling` setting. When
+set to `false` on MacOS, `usePolling: true` becomes the default.
+* `alwaysStat` (default: `false`). If relying upon the
+[`fs.Stats`](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_stats)
+object that may get passed with `add`, `addDir`, and `change` events, set
+this to `true` to ensure it is provided even in cases where it wasn't
+already available from the underlying watch events.
+* `depth` (default: `undefined`). If set, limits how many levels of
+subdirectories will be traversed.
+* `awaitWriteFinish` (default: `false`).
+By default, the `add` event will fire when a file first appears on disk, before
+the entire file has been written. Furthermore, in some cases some `change`
+events will be emitted while the file is being written. In some cases,
+especially when watching for large files there will be a need to wait for the
+write operation to finish before responding to a file creation or modification.
+Setting `awaitWriteFinish` to `true` (or a truthy value) will poll file size,
+holding its `add` and `change` events until the size does not change for a
+configurable amount of time. The appropriate duration setting is heavily
+dependent on the OS and hardware. For accurate detection this parameter should
+be relatively high, making file watching much less responsive.
+Use with caution.
+ * *`options.awaitWriteFinish` can be set to an object in order to adjust
+ timing params:*
+ * `awaitWriteFinish.stabilityThreshold` (default: 2000). Amount of time in
+ milliseconds for a file size to remain constant before emitting its event.
+ * `awaitWriteFinish.pollInterval` (default: 100). File size polling interval, in milliseconds.
+
+#### Errors
+
+* `ignorePermissionErrors` (default: `false`). Indicates whether to watch files
+that don't have read permissions if possible. If watching fails due to `EPERM`
+or `EACCES` with this set to `true`, the errors will be suppressed silently.
+* `atomic` (default: `true` if `useFsEvents` and `usePolling` are `false`).
+Automatically filters out artifacts that occur when using editors that use
+"atomic writes" instead of writing directly to the source file. If a file is
+re-added within 100 ms of being deleted, Chokidar emits a `change` event
+rather than `unlink` then `add`. If the default of 100 ms does not work well
+for you, you can override it by setting `atomic` to a custom value, in
+milliseconds.
+
+### Methods & Events
+
+`chokidar.watch()` produces an instance of `FSWatcher`. Methods of `FSWatcher`:
+
+* `.add(path / paths)`: Add files, directories, or glob patterns for tracking.
+Takes an array of strings or just one string.
+* `.on(event, callback)`: Listen for an FS event.
+Available events: `add`, `addDir`, `change`, `unlink`, `unlinkDir`, `ready`,
+`raw`, `error`.
+Additionally `all` is available which gets emitted with the underlying event
+name and path for every event other than `ready`, `raw`, and `error`. `raw` is internal, use it carefully.
+* `.unwatch(path / paths)`: Stop watching files, directories, or glob patterns.
+Takes an array of strings or just one string.
+* `.close()`: **async** Removes all listeners from watched files. Asynchronous, returns Promise. Use with `await` to ensure bugs don't happen.
+* `.getWatched()`: Returns an object representing all the paths on the file
+system being watched by this `FSWatcher` instance. The object's keys are all the
+directories (using absolute paths unless the `cwd` option was used), and the
+values are arrays of the names of the items contained in each directory.
+
+## CLI
+
+If you need a CLI interface for your file watching, check out
+[chokidar-cli](https://github.com/open-cli-tools/chokidar-cli), allowing you to
+execute a command on each change, or get a stdio stream of change events.
+
+## Install Troubleshooting
+
+* `npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing fsevents@n.n.n`
+ * This message is normal part of how `npm` handles optional dependencies and is
+ not indicative of a problem. Even if accompanied by other related error messages,
+ Chokidar should function properly.
+
+* `TypeError: fsevents is not a constructor`
+ * Update chokidar by doing `rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json yarn.lock && npm install`, or update your dependency that uses chokidar.
+
+* Chokidar is producing `ENOSP` error on Linux, like this:
+ * `bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device bash: no job control in this shell`
+ `Error: watch /home/ ENOSPC`
+ * This means Chokidar ran out of file handles and you'll need to increase their count by executing the following command in Terminal:
+ `echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p`
+
+## Changelog
+
+For more detailed changelog, see [`full_changelog.md`](.github/full_changelog.md).
+- **v3.5 (Jan 6, 2021):** Support for ARM Macs with Apple Silicon. Fixes for deleted symlinks.
+- **v3.4 (Apr 26, 2020):** Support for directory-based symlinks. Fixes for macos file replacement.
+- **v3.3 (Nov 2, 2019):** `FSWatcher#close()` method became async. That fixes IO race conditions related to close method.
+- **v3.2 (Oct 1, 2019):** Improve Linux RAM usage by 50%. Race condition fixes. Windows glob fixes. Improve stability by using tight range of dependency versions.
+- **v3.1 (Sep 16, 2019):** dotfiles are no longer filtered out by default. Use `ignored` option if needed. Improve initial Linux scan time by 50%.
+- **v3 (Apr 30, 2019):** massive CPU & RAM consumption improvements; reduces deps / package size by a factor of 17x and bumps Node.js requirement to v8.16 and higher.
+- **v2 (Dec 29, 2017):** Globs are now posix-style-only; without windows support. Tons of bugfixes.
+- **v1 (Apr 7, 2015):** Glob support, symlink support, tons of bugfixes. Node 0.8+ is supported
+- **v0.1 (Apr 20, 2012):** Initial release, extracted from [Brunch](https://github.com/brunch/brunch/blob/9847a065aea300da99bd0753f90354cde9de1261/src/helpers.coffee#L66)
+
+## Also
+
+Why was chokidar named this way? What's the meaning behind it?
+
+>Chowkidar is a transliteration of a Hindi word meaning 'watchman, gatekeeper', चौकीदार. This ultimately comes from Sanskrit _ चतुष्क_ (crossway, quadrangle, consisting-of-four).
+
+## License
+
+MIT (c) Paul Miller (<https://paulmillr.com>), see [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.