Improve directory watching for macOS compatibility #349
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Description
Fixes the
regolith watchcommand failing on macOS with the error:Problem
The watch command was using the experimental
"..."recursive watching syntax (filepath.Join(root, "...")) from the fsnotify fork, which doesn't work reliably on macOS.Solution
"..."syntax withfilepath.WalkDirto manually traverse and add each subdirectory to the watcherosimport foros.DirEntryTesting
Tested on:
Changes
regolith/watcher.go:watch()function to usefilepath.WalkDirosto imports