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		wrs 77 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prek: A better, faster, drop-in pre-commit replace... jj already pretty much does that with the oplog. A consistent way of making new snapshots in the background would be nice though. (Currently you have to run a jj command — any jj command — to capture the working directory.)

stavros 77 days ago | [–]

I don't think you have to, you can run the integrated watcher, no?

sfink 77 days ago | [–]

You can configure watchman to do it. `fsmonitor.watchman.register-snapshot-trigger = true`

I don't recommend it, though, at least not on large repositories. Too much opportunity to collide with command-line jj write operations.

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