From: "Paul Tarjan via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Koji Nakamaru <koji.nakamaru@gree.net>,
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>,
Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] fsmonitor-watchman: fix variable reference and remove redundant code
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:37:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.2180.v2.git.git.1772300277959.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2180.git.git.1769391202338.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
The is_work_tree_watched() function in fsmonitor-watchman.sample has
two bugs:
1. Wrong variable in error check: After calling watchman_clock(), the
result is stored in $o, but the code checks $output->{error} instead
of $o->{error}. This means errors from the clock command are silently
ignored.
2. Double output violates protocol: When the retry path triggers (the
directory wasn't initially watched), output_result() is called with
the "/" flag, then launch_watchman() is called recursively which
calls output_result() again. This outputs two clock tokens to stdout,
but git's fsmonitor v2 protocol expects exactly one response.
Fix #1 by checking $o->{error} after watchman_clock().
Fix #2 by removing the recursive launch_watchman() call. The "/"
"everything is dirty" flag already tells git to do a full scan, and
git will call the hook again on the next invocation with a valid clock
token.
With the recursive call removed, the $retry guard is no longer needed
since it only existed to prevent infinite recursion. Remove it.
Apply the same fixes to the test helper scripts in t/t7519/.
Signed-off-by: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
---
fsmonitor-watchman: fix variable reference and remove redundant code
fsmonitor-watchman: fix variable reference and remove redundant code
The is_work_tree_watched() function in fsmonitor-watchman.sample has two
bugs:
1. Wrong variable in error check: After calling watchman_clock(), the
result is stored in $o, but the code checks $output->{error} instead
of $o->{error}. This means errors from the clock command are
silently ignored.
2. Double output violates protocol: When the retry path triggers (the
directory wasn't initially watched), output_result() is called with
the "/" flag, then launch_watchman() is called recursively which
calls output_result() again. This outputs two clock tokens to
stdout, but git's fsmonitor v2 protocol expects exactly one
response.
Fix #1 by checking $o->{error} after watchman_clock().
Fix #2 by removing the recursive launch_watchman() call. The "/"
"everything is dirty" flag already tells git to do a full scan, and git
will call the hook again on the next invocation with a valid clock
token.
Apply the same fixes to the test helper scripts in t/t7519/.
Changes since v1:
* Removed $retry variable and associated logic, which only existed to
prevent infinite recursion from the now-removed recursive
launch_watchman() call
* Fixed commit authorship
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2180%2Fptarjan%2Fclaude%2Ffix-watchman-query-bug-sfbIw-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2180/ptarjan/claude/fix-watchman-query-bug-sfbIw-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2180
Range-diff vs v1:
1: 116d26287f ! 1: b9e00b8ab5 fsmonitor: fix two bugs in watchman hook retry path
@@
## Metadata ##
-Author: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
+Author: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
## Commit message ##
- fsmonitor: fix two bugs in watchman hook retry path
+ fsmonitor-watchman: fix variable reference and remove redundant code
The is_work_tree_watched() function in fsmonitor-watchman.sample has
two bugs:
@@ Commit message
git will call the hook again on the next invocation with a valid clock
token.
+ With the recursive call removed, the $retry guard is no longer needed
+ since it only existed to prevent infinite recursion. Remove it.
+
Apply the same fixes to the test helper scripts in t/t7519/.
Signed-off-by: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com>
## t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman ##
+@@ t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman: if ($^O =~ 'msys' || $^O =~ 'cygwin') {
+ $git_work_tree = Cwd::cwd();
+ }
+
+-my $retry = 1;
+-
+ launch_watchman();
+
+ sub launch_watchman {
+@@ t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman: sub launch_watchman {
+
+ my $o = $json_pkg->new->utf8->decode($response);
+
+- if ($retry > 0 and $o->{error} and $o->{error} =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
++ if ($o->{error} and $o->{error} =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
+ print STDERR "Adding '$git_work_tree' to watchman's watch list.\n";
+- $retry--;
+ qx/watchman watch "$git_work_tree"/;
+ die "Failed to make watchman watch '$git_work_tree'.\n" .
+ "Falling back to scanning...\n" if $? != 0;
@@ t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman: sub launch_watchman {
close $fh;
@@ t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman: sub launch_watchman {
## t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2 ##
+@@ t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2: if ($version ne 2) {
+
+ my $git_work_tree = get_working_dir();
+
+-my $retry = 1;
+-
+ my $json_pkg;
+ eval {
+ require JSON::XS;
+@@ t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2: sub watchman_query {
+ sub is_work_tree_watched {
+ my ($output) = @_;
+ my $error = $output->{error};
+- if ($retry > 0 and $error and $error =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
+- $retry--;
++ if ($error and $error =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
+ my $response = qx/watchman watch "$git_work_tree"/;
+ die "Failed to make watchman watch '$git_work_tree'.\n" .
+ "Falling back to scanning...\n" if $? != 0;
@@ t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2: sub is_work_tree_watched {
# Watchman query just to get it over with now so we won't pay
# the cost in git to look up each individual file.
@@ t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2: sub is_work_tree_watched {
## templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample ##
+@@ templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample: if ($version ne 2) {
+
+ my $git_work_tree = get_working_dir();
+
+-my $retry = 1;
+-
+ my $json_pkg;
+ eval {
+ require JSON::XS;
+@@ templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample: sub watchman_query {
+ sub is_work_tree_watched {
+ my ($output) = @_;
+ my $error = $output->{error};
+- if ($retry > 0 and $error and $error =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
+- $retry--;
++ if ($error and $error =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
+ my $response = qx/watchman watch "$git_work_tree"/;
+ die "Failed to make watchman watch '$git_work_tree'.\n" .
+ "Falling back to scanning...\n" if $? != 0;
@@ templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample: sub is_work_tree_watched {
# Watchman query just to get it over with now so we won't pay
# the cost in git to look up each individual file.
t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman | 6 +-----
t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2 | 10 ++--------
templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample | 10 ++--------
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman b/t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman
index 264b9daf83..bcc055c1e0 100755
--- a/t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman
+++ b/t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ if ($^O =~ 'msys' || $^O =~ 'cygwin') {
$git_work_tree = Cwd::cwd();
}
-my $retry = 1;
-
launch_watchman();
sub launch_watchman {
@@ -92,9 +90,8 @@ sub launch_watchman {
my $o = $json_pkg->new->utf8->decode($response);
- if ($retry > 0 and $o->{error} and $o->{error} =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
+ if ($o->{error} and $o->{error} =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
print STDERR "Adding '$git_work_tree' to watchman's watch list.\n";
- $retry--;
qx/watchman watch "$git_work_tree"/;
die "Failed to make watchman watch '$git_work_tree'.\n" .
"Falling back to scanning...\n" if $? != 0;
@@ -109,7 +106,6 @@ sub launch_watchman {
close $fh;
print "/\0";
- eval { launch_watchman() };
exit 0;
}
diff --git a/t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2 b/t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2
index 14ed0aa42d..368604c278 100755
--- a/t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2
+++ b/t/t7519/fsmonitor-watchman-v2
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ if ($version ne 2) {
my $git_work_tree = get_working_dir();
-my $retry = 1;
-
my $json_pkg;
eval {
require JSON::XS;
@@ -122,8 +120,7 @@ sub watchman_query {
sub is_work_tree_watched {
my ($output) = @_;
my $error = $output->{error};
- if ($retry > 0 and $error and $error =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
- $retry--;
+ if ($error and $error =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
my $response = qx/watchman watch "$git_work_tree"/;
die "Failed to make watchman watch '$git_work_tree'.\n" .
"Falling back to scanning...\n" if $? != 0;
@@ -141,15 +138,12 @@ sub is_work_tree_watched {
# Watchman query just to get it over with now so we won't pay
# the cost in git to look up each individual file.
my $o = watchman_clock();
- $error = $output->{error};
+ $error = $o->{error};
die "Watchman: $error.\n" .
"Falling back to scanning...\n" if $error;
output_result($o->{clock}, ("/"));
- $last_update_token = $o->{clock};
-
- eval { launch_watchman() };
return 0;
}
diff --git a/templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample b/templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample
index 23e856f5de..429e0a51c1 100755
--- a/templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman.sample
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ if ($version ne 2) {
my $git_work_tree = get_working_dir();
-my $retry = 1;
-
my $json_pkg;
eval {
require JSON::XS;
@@ -123,8 +121,7 @@ sub watchman_query {
sub is_work_tree_watched {
my ($output) = @_;
my $error = $output->{error};
- if ($retry > 0 and $error and $error =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
- $retry--;
+ if ($error and $error =~ m/unable to resolve root .* directory (.*) is not watched/) {
my $response = qx/watchman watch "$git_work_tree"/;
die "Failed to make watchman watch '$git_work_tree'.\n" .
"Falling back to scanning...\n" if $? != 0;
@@ -142,15 +139,12 @@ sub is_work_tree_watched {
# Watchman query just to get it over with now so we won't pay
# the cost in git to look up each individual file.
my $o = watchman_clock();
- $error = $output->{error};
+ $error = $o->{error};
die "Watchman: $error.\n" .
"Falling back to scanning...\n" if $error;
output_result($o->{clock}, ("/"));
- $last_update_token = $o->{clock};
-
- eval { launch_watchman() };
return 0;
}
base-commit: 68cb7f9e92a5d8e9824f5b52ac3d0a9d8f653dbe
--
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-26 1:33 [PATCH] fsmonitor: fix two bugs in watchman hook retry path Paul Tarjan via GitGitGadget
2026-02-08 6:03 ` Paul Tarjan
2026-02-27 6:25 ` [PATCH] fsmonitor-watchman: fix variable reference and remove redundant code Paul Tarjan
2026-02-28 17:02 ` [PATCH] fsmonitor: fix two bugs in watchman hook retry path Koji Nakamaru
2026-02-28 17:33 ` [PATCH] fsmonitor-watchman: fix variable reference and remove redundant code Paul Tarjan
2026-02-28 17:15 ` [PATCH] fsmonitor: fix two bugs in watchman hook retry path brian m. carlson
2026-02-28 17:33 ` [PATCH] fsmonitor-watchman: fix variable reference and remove redundant code Paul Tarjan
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