# std.Build.Watch: introduce special file "\." to watch entire dir · gitcafe/zig

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Repository: [gitcafe/zig](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig)

Visibility: public

Requested revision: 7bccef3e4e4d48c2e1d34ec28754d8c33902f2bb

Requested commit: 7bccef3e4e4d48c2e1d34ec28754d8c33902f2bb

Commit: 7bccef3e4e4d48c2e1d34ec28754d8c33902f2bb

Tree: cc708ebeb8f8885c3ca4cfaa273a1eaee5101f87

Author: Andrew Kelley

Committer: Andrew Kelley

## Message

```
std.Build.Watch: introduce special file "." to watch entire dir

And use it to implement InstallDir Step watch integration.

I'm not seeing any events triggered when I run `mkdir` in the watched
directory, however, and I have not yet figured out why.

```

## Parents

- [26bdc836d2d9b2654f7f95fec34c6276070f2a59](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig/commit/26bdc836d2d9b2654f7f95fec34c6276070f2a59?format=markdown)

[Source at this commit](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig/tree/7bccef3e4e4d48c2e1d34ec28754d8c33902f2bb?format=markdown)