chore: Release

Fixes #849

.github/workflows/release-cli.yml

@@ -197,9 +197,15 @@ jobs:
           tool: cross
 
       - name: Build
-        run: ${{ matrix.cross && 'cross' || 'cargo' }} build --package watchexec-cli --release --locked --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          ${{ matrix.cross && 'cross' || 'cargo' }} build \
+            -p watchexec-cli \
+            --release --locked \
+            --target ${{ matrix.target }}
 
       - name: Make manpage
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           cargo run -p watchexec-cli \
             ${{ (!matrix.cross) && '--release --target' || '' }} \
@@ -207,6 +213,7 @@ jobs:
             --locked -- --manual > doc/watchexec.1
 
       - name: Make completions
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           bin/completions \
             ${{ (!matrix.cross) && '--release --target' || '' }} \

CITATION.cff

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ message: |
   If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata.
 title: "Watchexec: a tool to react to filesystem changes, and a crate ecosystem to power it"
 
-version: "2.0.0"
+version: "2.1.2"
-date-released: 2024-04-20
+date-released: 2024-06-30
 
 repository-code: https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
 license: Apache-2.0

Cargo.lock

@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bosion"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "gix",
  "time",
@@ -1317,6 +1317,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-glob",
  "gix-hash",
  "gix-hashtable",
+ "gix-index",
  "gix-lock",
  "gix-macros",
  "gix-object",
@@ -1354,6 +1355,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow 0.6.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gix-bitmap"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a371db66cbd4e13f0ed9dc4c0fea712d7276805fccc877f77e96374d317e87ae"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-chunk"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -1513,6 +1523,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gix-index"
+version = "0.32.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "881ab3b1fa57f497601a5add8289e72a7ae09471fc0b9bbe483b628ae8e418a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "bstr",
+ "filetime",
+ "fnv",
+ "gix-bitmap",
+ "gix-features",
+ "gix-fs",
+ "gix-hash",
+ "gix-lock",
+ "gix-object",
+ "gix-traverse",
+ "gix-utils",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "itoa",
+ "libc",
+ "memmap2",
+ "rustix",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-lock"
 version = "13.1.1"
@@ -4032,7 +4069,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "watchexec-cli"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "argfile",

completions/bash

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ _watchexec() {
 
     case "${cmd}" in
         watchexec)
-            opts="-w -W -c -o -r -s -d -p -n -E -1 -N -q -e -f -j -i -v -h -V --watch --watch-non-recursive --clear --on-busy-update --restart --signal --stop-signal --stop-timeout --map-signal --debounce --stdin-quit --no-vcs-ignore --no-project-ignore --no-global-ignore --no-default-ignore --no-discover-ignore --ignore-nothing --postpone --delay-run --poll --shell --no-environment --emit-events-to --only-emit-events --env --no-process-group --wrap-process --notify --color --timings --quiet --bell --project-origin --workdir --exts --filter --filter-file --filter-prog --ignore --ignore-file --fs-events --no-meta --print-events --manual --completions --verbose --log-file --help --version [COMMAND]..."
+            opts="-w -W -F -c -o -r -s -d -p -n -E -1 -N -q -e -f -j -i -v -h -V --watch --watch-non-recursive --watch-file --clear --on-busy-update --restart --signal --stop-signal --stop-timeout --map-signal --debounce --stdin-quit --no-vcs-ignore --no-project-ignore --no-global-ignore --no-default-ignore --no-discover-ignore --ignore-nothing --postpone --delay-run --poll --shell --no-environment --emit-events-to --only-emit-events --env --no-process-group --wrap-process --notify --color --timings --quiet --bell --project-origin --workdir --exts --filter --filter-file --filter-prog --ignore --ignore-file --fs-events --no-meta --print-events --manual --completions --verbose --log-file --help --version [COMMAND]..."
             if [[ ${cur} == -* || ${COMP_CWORD} -eq 1 ]] ; then
                 COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- "${cur}") )
                 return 0
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ _watchexec() {
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
                     return 0
                     ;;
+                --watch-file)
+                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    return 0
+                    ;;
+                -F)
+                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    return 0
+                    ;;
                 --clear)
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "clear reset" -- "${cur}"))
                     return 0

completions/elvish

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ set edit:completion:arg-completer[watchexec] = {|@words|
             cand --watch 'Watch a specific file or directory'
             cand -W 'Watch a specific directory, non-recursively'
             cand --watch-non-recursive 'Watch a specific directory, non-recursively'
+            cand -F 'Watch files and directories from a file'
+            cand --watch-file 'Watch files and directories from a file'
             cand -c 'Clear screen before running command'
             cand --clear 'Clear screen before running command'
             cand -o 'What to do when receiving events while the command is running'

completions/fish

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 complete -c watchexec -s w -l watch -d 'Watch a specific file or directory' -r -F
 complete -c watchexec -s W -l watch-non-recursive -d 'Watch a specific directory, non-recursively' -r -F
+complete -c watchexec -s F -l watch-file -d 'Watch files and directories from a file' -r -F
 complete -c watchexec -s c -l clear -d 'Clear screen before running command' -r -f -a "{clear	'',reset	''}"
 complete -c watchexec -s o -l on-busy-update -d 'What to do when receiving events while the command is running' -r -f -a "{queue	'',do-nothing	'',restart	'',signal	''}"
 complete -c watchexec -s s -l signal -d 'Send a signal to the process when it\'s still running' -r

completions/nu

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ module completions {
     ...command: string        # Command to run on changes
     --watch(-w): string       # Watch a specific file or directory
     --watch-non-recursive(-W): string # Watch a specific directory, non-recursively
+    --watch-file(-F): string  # Watch files and directories from a file
     --clear(-c): string@"nu-complete watchexec screen_clear" # Clear screen before running command
     --on-busy-update(-o): string@"nu-complete watchexec on_busy_update" # What to do when receiving events while the command is running
     --restart(-r)             # Restart the process if it's still running

completions/powershell

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Register-ArgumentCompleter -Native -CommandName 'watchexec' -ScriptBlock {
             [CompletionResult]::new('--watch', 'watch', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Watch a specific file or directory')
             [CompletionResult]::new('-W', 'W ', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Watch a specific directory, non-recursively')
             [CompletionResult]::new('--watch-non-recursive', 'watch-non-recursive', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Watch a specific directory, non-recursively')
+            [CompletionResult]::new('-F', 'F ', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Watch files and directories from a file')
+            [CompletionResult]::new('--watch-file', 'watch-file', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Watch files and directories from a file')
             [CompletionResult]::new('-c', 'c', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Clear screen before running command')
             [CompletionResult]::new('--clear', 'clear', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Clear screen before running command')
             [CompletionResult]::new('-o', 'o', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'What to do when receiving events while the command is running')

completions/zsh

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ _watchexec() {
 '*--watch=[Watch a specific file or directory]:PATH:_files' \
 '*-W+[Watch a specific directory, non-recursively]:PATH:_files' \
 '*--watch-non-recursive=[Watch a specific directory, non-recursively]:PATH:_files' \
+'-F+[Watch files and directories from a file]:PATH:_files' \
+'--watch-file=[Watch files and directories from a file]:PATH:_files' \
 '-c+[Clear screen before running command]' \
 '--clear=[Clear screen before running command]' \
 '-o+[What to do when receiving events while the command is running]:MODE:(queue do-nothing restart signal)' \

crates/bosion/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Next (YYYY-MM-DD)
 
+## v1.1.0 (2024-05-16)
+
+- Add `git-describe` support (#832, by @lu-zero)
+
 ## v1.0.3 (2024-04-20)
 
 - Deps: gix 0.62

crates/bosion/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bosion"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.1.0"
 
 authors = ["Félix Saparelli <felix@passcod.name>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ features = ["macros", "formatting"]
 version = "0.62.0"
 optional = true
 default-features = false
+features = ["revision"]
 
 [features]
 default = ["git", "reproducible", "std"]

crates/bosion/README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ In your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [build-dependencies]
-bosion = "1.0.3"
+bosion = "1.1.0"
 ```
 
 In your `build.rs`:

crates/bosion/examples/clap/Cargo.lock

@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.8.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c6cb57a04249c6480766f7f7cef5467412af1490f8d1e243141daddada3264f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.13"
@@ -82,7 +100,7 @@ checksum = "cf4b9d6a944f767f8e5e0db018570623c85f3d925ac718db4e06d0187adb21c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bosion"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 dependencies = [
  "gix",
  "time",
@@ -211,6 +229,18 @@ version = "2.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "658bd65b1cf4c852a3cc96f18a8ce7b5640f6b703f905c7d74532294c2a63984"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "filetime"
+version = "0.2.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ee447700ac8aa0b2f2bd7bc4462ad686ba06baa6727ac149a2d6277f0d240fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.28"
@@ -221,6 +251,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fnv"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -247,6 +283,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-glob",
  "gix-hash",
  "gix-hashtable",
+ "gix-index",
  "gix-lock",
  "gix-macros",
  "gix-object",
@@ -284,6 +321,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gix-bitmap"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a371db66cbd4e13f0ed9dc4c0fea712d7276805fccc877f77e96374d317e87ae"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-chunk"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -443,6 +489,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gix-index"
+version = "0.32.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "881ab3b1fa57f497601a5add8289e72a7ae09471fc0b9bbe483b628ae8e418a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "bstr",
+ "filetime",
+ "fnv",
+ "gix-bitmap",
+ "gix-features",
+ "gix-fs",
+ "gix-hash",
+ "gix-lock",
+ "gix-object",
+ "gix-traverse",
+ "gix-utils",
+ "hashbrown",
+ "itoa",
+ "libc",
+ "memmap2",
+ "rustix",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-lock"
 version = "13.1.1"
@@ -702,6 +775,10 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "allocator-api2",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -1076,6 +1153,12 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1255,3 +1338,23 @@ checksum = "f0c976aaaa0e1f90dbb21e9587cdaf1d9679a1cde8875c0d6bd83ab96a208352"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae87e3fcd617500e5d106f0380cf7b77f3c6092aae37191433159dda23cfb087"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "15e934569e47891f7d9411f1a451d947a60e000ab3bd24fbb970f000387d1b3b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]

crates/bosion/examples/clap/src/main.rs

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ struct Args {
 
 	#[clap(long)]
 	dates: bool,
+
+	#[clap(long)]
+	describe: bool,
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -23,17 +26,15 @@ fn main() {
 			"{}",
 			Bosion::long_version_with(&[("extra", "field"), ("custom", "1.2.3"),])
 		);
-	} else
+	} else if args.features {
-
-	if args.features {
 		println!("Features: {}", Bosion::CRATE_FEATURE_STRING);
-	} else
+	} else if args.dates {
-
-	if args.dates {
 		println!("commit date: {}", Bosion::GIT_COMMIT_DATE);
 		println!("commit datetime: {}", Bosion::GIT_COMMIT_DATETIME);
 		println!("build date: {}", Bosion::BUILD_DATE);
 		println!("build datetime: {}", Bosion::BUILD_DATETIME);
+	} else if args.describe {
+		println!("commit description: {}", Bosion::GIT_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION);
 	} else {
 		println!("{}", Bosion::LONG_VERSION);
 	}

crates/bosion/src/info.rs

@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ pub struct GitInfo {
 
 	/// The datetime of the current commit, in the format `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`, at UTC.
 	pub git_datetime: String,
+
+	/// The `git describe` equivalent output
+	pub git_description: String,
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "git")]
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ impl GitInfo {
 			git_shorthash: head.short_id().err_string()?.to_string(),
 			git_date: timestamp.format(DATE_FORMAT).err_string()?,
 			git_datetime: timestamp.format(DATETIME_FORMAT).err_string()?,
+			git_description: head.describe().format().err_string()?.to_string(),
 		})
 	}
 }

crates/bosion/src/lib.rs

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ pub fn gather_to(filename: &str, structname: &str, public: bool) {
 		git_shorthash,
 		git_date,
 		git_datetime,
+		git_description,
 		..
 	}) = git
 	{
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ pub fn gather_to(filename: &str, structname: &str, public: bool) {
 			/// This is the date and time (`YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`) of the commit that was built. Same
 			/// caveats as with `GIT_COMMIT_HASH` apply.
 			pub const GIT_COMMIT_DATETIME: &'static str = {git_datetime:?};
+
+			/// The git description
+			///
+			/// This is the string equivalent to what `git describe` would output
+			pub const GIT_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION: &'static str = {git_description:?};
 		"
 	), format!("{crate_version} ({git_shorthash} {git_date}) {crate_feature_string}\ncommit-hash: {git_hash}\ncommit-date: {git_date}\nbuild-date: {build_date}\nrelease: {crate_version}\nfeatures: {crate_feature_list}"))
 	} else {
@@ -244,6 +250,7 @@ pub fn gather_to_env_with_prefix(prefix: &str) {
 		git_shorthash,
 		git_date,
 		git_datetime,
+		git_description,
 		..
 	}) = git
 	{
@@ -251,5 +258,6 @@ pub fn gather_to_env_with_prefix(prefix: &str) {
 		println!("cargo:rustc-env={prefix}GIT_COMMIT_SHORTHASH={git_shorthash}");
 		println!("cargo:rustc-env={prefix}GIT_COMMIT_DATE={git_date}");
 		println!("cargo:rustc-env={prefix}GIT_COMMIT_DATETIME={git_datetime}");
+		println!("cargo:rustc-env={prefix}GIT_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION={git_description}");
 	}
 }

crates/cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "watchexec-cli"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.2"
 
 authors = ["Félix Saparelli <felix@passcod.name>", "Matt Green <mattgreenrocks@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ mimalloc = "0.1.39"
 embed-resource = "2.4.0"
 
 [build-dependencies.bosion]
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.1.0"
 path = "../bosion"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ assets = [
 	["../../target/release/watchexec", "usr/bin/watchexec", "755"],
 	["README.md", "usr/share/doc/watchexec/README", "644"],
 	["../../doc/watchexec.1.md", "usr/share/doc/watchexec/watchexec.1.md", "644"],
-	["../../doc/watchexec.1", "usr/share/man/man1/watchexec.1.html", "644"],
+	["../../doc/watchexec.1", "usr/share/man/man1/watchexec.1", "644"],
 	["../../completions/bash", "usr/share/bash-completion/completions/watchexec", "644"],
 	["../../completions/fish", "usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/watchexec.fish", "644"],
 	["../../completions/zsh", "usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_watchexec", "644"],
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ assets = [
 	{ source = "../../target/release/watchexec", dest = "/usr/bin/watchexec", mode = "755" },
 	{ source = "README.md", dest = "/usr/share/doc/watchexec/README", mode = "644", doc = true },
 	{ source = "../../doc/watchexec.1.md", dest = "/usr/share/doc/watchexec/watchexec.1.md", mode = "644", doc = true },
-	{ source = "../../doc/watchexec.1", dest = "/usr/share/man/man1/watchexec.1.html", mode = "644" },
+	{ source = "../../doc/watchexec.1", dest = "/usr/share/man/man1/watchexec.1", mode = "644" },
 	{ source = "../../completions/bash", dest = "/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/watchexec", mode = "644" },
 	{ source = "../../completions/fish", dest = "/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/watchexec.fish", mode = "644" },
 	{ source = "../../completions/zsh", dest = "/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_watchexec", mode = "644" },

crates/cli/src/args.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ use clap::{
 	ValueHint,
 };
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Result};
-use tokio::{fs::File, io::AsyncReadExt};
+use tokio::{
+	fs::File,
+	io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, BufReader},
+};
 use tracing::{debug, info, trace, warn};
 use tracing_appender::non_blocking::WorkerGuard;
 use watchexec::{paths::PATH_SEPARATOR, sources::fs::WatchedPath};
@@ -151,6 +154,23 @@ pub struct Args {
 	)]
 	pub non_recursive_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
 
+	/// Watch files and directories from a file
+	///
+	/// Each line in the file will be interpreted as if given to '-w'.
+	///
+	/// For more complex uses (like watching non-recursively), use the argfile capability: build a
+	/// file containing command-line options and pass it to watchexec with `@path/to/argfile`.
+	///
+	/// The special value '-' will read from STDIN; this in incompatible with '--stdin-quit'.
+	#[arg(
+		short = 'F',
+		long,
+		help_heading = OPTSET_FILTERING,
+		value_hint = ValueHint::AnyPath,
+		value_name = "PATH",
+	)]
+	pub watch_file: Option<PathBuf>,
+
 	#[doc(hidden)]
 	#[arg(skip)]
 	pub paths: Vec<WatchedPath>,
@@ -1216,6 +1236,15 @@ pub async fn get_args() -> Result<(Args, Option<WorkerGuard>)> {
 			.exit();
 	}
 
+	if args.stdin_quit && args.watch_file == Some(PathBuf::from("-")) {
+		Args::command()
+			.error(
+				ErrorKind::InvalidValue,
+				"stdin-quit cannot be used when --watch-file=-",
+			)
+			.exit();
+	}
+
 	let workdir = if let Some(w) = take(&mut args.workdir) {
 		w
 	} else {
@@ -1233,6 +1262,22 @@ pub async fn get_args() -> Result<(Args, Option<WorkerGuard>)> {
 	info!(path=?project_origin, "effective project origin");
 	args.project_origin = Some(project_origin.clone());
 
+	if let Some(watch_file) = args.watch_file.as_ref() {
+		if watch_file == Path::new("-") {
+			let file = tokio::io::stdin();
+			let mut lines = BufReader::new(file).lines();
+			while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+				args.recursive_paths.push(line.into());
+			}
+		} else {
+			let file = File::open(watch_file).await.into_diagnostic()?;
+			let mut lines = BufReader::new(file).lines();
+			while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+				args.recursive_paths.push(line.into());
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	args.paths = take(&mut args.recursive_paths)
 		.into_iter()
 		.map(|path| {
@@ -1243,7 +1288,7 @@ pub async fn get_args() -> Result<(Args, Option<WorkerGuard>)> {
 					canonicalize(project_origin.join(path)).into_diagnostic()
 				}
 			}
-			.map(WatchedPath::non_recursive)
+			.map(WatchedPath::recursive)
 		})
 		.chain(take(&mut args.non_recursive_paths).into_iter().map(|path| {
 			{

crates/cli/watchexec.exe.manifest

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<assemblyIdentity
 		type="win32"
 		name="Watchexec.Cli.watchexec"
-		version="2.0.0.0"
+		version="2.1.2.0"
 	/>
 
 	<trustInfo>

crates/lib/src/lib.rs

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ mod watchexec;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use crate::{
 	id::Id,
-	watchexec::{ErrorHook, Watchexec},
 	watched_path::WatchedPath,
+	watchexec::{ErrorHook, Watchexec},
 };
 
 #[doc(no_inline)]

doc/watchexec.1

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
 .el .ds Aq '
-.TH watchexec 1  "watchexec 2.0.0" 
+.TH watchexec 1  "watchexec 2.1.2" 
 .SH NAME
 watchexec \- Execute commands when watched files change
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBwatchexec\fR [\fB\-w\fR|\fB\-\-watch\fR] [\fB\-W\fR|\fB\-\-watch\-non\-recursive\fR] [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-clear\fR] [\fB\-o\fR|\fB\-\-on\-busy\-update\fR] [\fB\-r\fR|\fB\-\-restart\fR] [\fB\-s\fR|\fB\-\-signal\fR] [\fB\-\-stop\-signal\fR] [\fB\-\-stop\-timeout\fR] [\fB\-\-map\-signal\fR] [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-debounce\fR] [\fB\-\-stdin\-quit\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-vcs\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-project\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-global\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-default\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-discover\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-ignore\-nothing\fR] [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-postpone\fR] [\fB\-\-delay\-run\fR] [\fB\-\-poll\fR] [\fB\-\-shell\fR] [\fB\-n \fR] [\fB\-\-emit\-events\-to\fR] [\fB\-\-only\-emit\-events\fR] [\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-\-env\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-process\-group\fR] [\fB\-\-wrap\-process\fR] [\fB\-N\fR|\fB\-\-notify\fR] [\fB\-\-color\fR] [\fB\-\-timings\fR] [\fB\-q\fR|\fB\-\-quiet\fR] [\fB\-\-bell\fR] [\fB\-\-project\-origin\fR] [\fB\-\-workdir\fR] [\fB\-e\fR|\fB\-\-exts\fR] [\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-filter\fR] [\fB\-\-filter\-file\fR] [\fB\-j\fR|\fB\-\-filter\-prog\fR] [\fB\-i\fR|\fB\-\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-ignore\-file\fR] [\fB\-\-fs\-events\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-meta\fR] [\fB\-\-print\-events\fR] [\fB\-\-manual\fR] [\fB\-\-completions\fR] [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-verbose\fR]... [\fB\-\-log\-file\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fICOMMAND\fR] 
+\fBwatchexec\fR [\fB\-w\fR|\fB\-\-watch\fR] [\fB\-W\fR|\fB\-\-watch\-non\-recursive\fR] [\fB\-F\fR|\fB\-\-watch\-file\fR] [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-clear\fR] [\fB\-o\fR|\fB\-\-on\-busy\-update\fR] [\fB\-r\fR|\fB\-\-restart\fR] [\fB\-s\fR|\fB\-\-signal\fR] [\fB\-\-stop\-signal\fR] [\fB\-\-stop\-timeout\fR] [\fB\-\-map\-signal\fR] [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-debounce\fR] [\fB\-\-stdin\-quit\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-vcs\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-project\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-global\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-default\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-discover\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-ignore\-nothing\fR] [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-postpone\fR] [\fB\-\-delay\-run\fR] [\fB\-\-poll\fR] [\fB\-\-shell\fR] [\fB\-n \fR] [\fB\-\-emit\-events\-to\fR] [\fB\-\-only\-emit\-events\fR] [\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-\-env\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-process\-group\fR] [\fB\-\-wrap\-process\fR] [\fB\-N\fR|\fB\-\-notify\fR] [\fB\-\-color\fR] [\fB\-\-timings\fR] [\fB\-q\fR|\fB\-\-quiet\fR] [\fB\-\-bell\fR] [\fB\-\-project\-origin\fR] [\fB\-\-workdir\fR] [\fB\-e\fR|\fB\-\-exts\fR] [\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-filter\fR] [\fB\-\-filter\-file\fR] [\fB\-j\fR|\fB\-\-filter\-prog\fR] [\fB\-i\fR|\fB\-\-ignore\fR] [\fB\-\-ignore\-file\fR] [\fB\-\-fs\-events\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-meta\fR] [\fB\-\-print\-events\fR] [\fB\-\-manual\fR] [\fB\-\-completions\fR] [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-verbose\fR]... [\fB\-\-log\-file\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fICOMMAND\fR] 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Execute commands when watched files change.
 .PP
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ Unlike \*(Aq\-w\*(Aq, folders watched with this option are not recursed into.
 
 This option can be specified multiple times to watch multiple directories non\-recursively.
 .TP
+\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-watch\-file\fR=\fIPATH\fR
+Watch files and directories from a file
+
+Each line in the file will be interpreted as if given to \*(Aq\-w\*(Aq.
+
+For more complex uses (like watching non\-recursively), use the argfile capability: build a file containing command\-line options and pass it to watchexec with `@path/to/argfile`.
+
+The special value \*(Aq\-\*(Aq will read from STDIN; this in incompatible with \*(Aq\-\-stdin\-quit\*(Aq.
+.TP
 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-clear\fR=\fIMODE\fR
 Clear screen before running command
 
@@ -582,6 +591,6 @@ Use @argfile as first argument to load arguments from the file \*(Aqargfile\*(Aq
 
 Didn\*(Aqt expect this much output? Use the short \*(Aq\-h\*(Aq flag to get short help.
 .SH VERSION
-v2.0.0
+v2.1.2
 .SH AUTHORS
 Félix Saparelli <felix@passcod.name>, Matt Green <mattgreenrocks@gmail.com>

doc/watchexec.1.md

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ watchexec - Execute commands when watched files change
 # SYNOPSIS
 
 **watchexec** \[**-w**\|**\--watch**\]
-\[**-W**\|**\--watch-non-recursive**\] \[**-c**\|**\--clear**\]
+\[**-W**\|**\--watch-non-recursive**\] \[**-F**\|**\--watch-file**\]
-\[**-o**\|**\--on-busy-update**\] \[**-r**\|**\--restart**\]
+\[**-c**\|**\--clear**\] \[**-o**\|**\--on-busy-update**\]
-\[**-s**\|**\--signal**\] \[**\--stop-signal**\] \[**\--stop-timeout**\]
+\[**-r**\|**\--restart**\] \[**-s**\|**\--signal**\]
-\[**\--map-signal**\] \[**-d**\|**\--debounce**\] \[**\--stdin-quit**\]
+\[**\--stop-signal**\] \[**\--stop-timeout**\] \[**\--map-signal**\]
+\[**-d**\|**\--debounce**\] \[**\--stdin-quit**\]
 \[**\--no-vcs-ignore**\] \[**\--no-project-ignore**\]
 \[**\--no-global-ignore**\] \[**\--no-default-ignore**\]
 \[**\--no-discover-ignore**\] \[**\--ignore-nothing**\]
@@ -92,6 +93,19 @@ Unlike -w, folders watched with this option are not recursed into.
 This option can be specified multiple times to watch multiple
 directories non-recursively.
 
+**-F**, **\--watch-file**=*PATH*
+
+:   Watch files and directories from a file
+
+Each line in the file will be interpreted as if given to -w.
+
+For more complex uses (like watching non-recursively), use the argfile
+capability: build a file containing command-line options and pass it to
+watchexec with \`@path/to/argfile\`.
+
+The special value - will read from STDIN; this in incompatible with
+\--stdin-quit.
+
 **-c**, **\--clear**=*MODE*
 
 :   Clear screen before running command
@@ -861,7 +875,7 @@ Didnt expect this much output? Use the short -h flag to get short help.
 
 # VERSION
 
-v2.0.0
+v2.1.2
 
 # AUTHORS