[Github-comments] [geany/geany-plugins] Project Organizer: Monitor project directory for changes automatically. (#332)

[LarsGit223]

> I'm not sure if GFileMonitor supports recursive directory monitoring, so it may not even be possible to do what I was hoping simply enough,...

I implemented an automatic live update in the workbench plugin in PR #695. I can say that it requires a bit effort because recursive directory monitoring is not possible. That means you have to generate a file monitor for each directory and each sub-directory contained in it.

Also a manual re-scan is required sometimes. Let's assume the following situation of existing files and directories:
- dir1
  - file1.1
  - file1.2
- dir2
  - file2.1
  - file2.2

Now someone copies in a new directory with 2 files in it, so the filesystem would look like this:
- dir1
  - file1.1
  - file1.2
- dir2
  - file2.1
  - file2.2
- dir3
  - file3.1
  - file3.2

The file monitoring will only notify you about the new filepath for dir3. But you need to re-scan the directory on that event to also recognizes the files contained in it (and of course create a new file monitor for it to be notified of future changes in dir3).

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