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Watchman

A file watching service.

## Purpose Watchman exists to watch files and record when they actually change. It can also trigger actions (such as rebuilding assets) when matching files change. ## Documentation Head on over to https://facebook.github.io/watchman/ ## License Watchman is made available under the terms of the MIT License. See the LICENSE file that accompanies this distribution for the full text of the license. ## Support Watchman is primarily maintained by the source control team at Meta Platforms, Inc. We support: * Windows and macOS builds * Linux builds on recent Ubuntu and Fedora releases * Watchman's [compatibility commitment](https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/compatibility.html) * Python, Rust, and JavaScript clients Support for additional operating systems, release packaging, and language bindings is community-maintained: * Homebrew * FreeBSD * Solaris Please submit a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/facebook/watchman/issues/) to report any troubles. ## Contributing Please see the [contributing document](CONTRIBUTING.md).