GIT-FSMONITOR--DAEMON(1) Git Manual GIT-FSMONITOR--DAEMON(1) (NAME) git-fsmonitor--daemon - (SYNOPSIS) git fsmonitor--daemon start git fsmonitor--daemon run git fsmonitor--daemon stop git fsmonitor--daemon status (DESCRIPTION) . git status simple IPC[1] githooks(5) . . (OPTIONS) start . run . stop . status . (REMARKS) . git status . core.fsmonitor true ( git-config(1) ) git status . <> git-update-index(1) . (CAVEATS) fsmonitor (submodules) . fsmonitor ( ) . . fsmonitor fsmonitor.allowRemote true . fsmonitor . Mac OS (IPC) fsmonitor (UDS) -- -- Mac OS NTFS FAT32 . fsmonitor . .git . .git $HOME/.git-fsmonitor-* $HOME fsmonitor.socketDir . (.git $HOME fsmonitor.socketDir) fsmonitor . (LINUX CAVEATS) fsmonitor inotify . inotify . . . : cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches : sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=65536 /etc/sysctl.conf : fs.inotify.max_user_watches=65536 (CONFIGURATION) git-config(1) . : fsmonitor.allowRemote fsmonitor . fsmonitor.allowRemote true . core.fsmonitor true . fsmonitor.socketDir Mac OS fsmonitor . . core.fsmonitor true . (GIT) git(1) (NOTES) 1. simple IPC file:///usr/share/doc/git-doc/technical/api-simple-ipc.html Git 2.55.0 2026-06-29 GIT-FSMONITOR--DAEMON(1)