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feat(autoread): use filewatchers for OS-driven change detection #37971
Problem: The 'autoread' option only checks for file changes reactively — on FocusGained, :checktime, CmdlineEnter, etc. — by polling timestamps. External changes are not detected until the user interacts with Neovim. Solution: Add a core module (runtime/lua/nvim/autoread.lua) enabled from runtime/plugin/autoread.lua that watches each buffer's file using vim._watch.watch() (libuv fs_event). On change detection it calls :checktime, which invokes the existing buf_check_timestamp() logic for reload/prompt handling. Watchers are managed via autocmds tied to buffer lifecycle events and respect the 'autoread' option (global and buffer-local).
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@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ local options = {
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it has not been changed inside of Vim, automatically read it again.
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When the file has been deleted this is not done, so you have the text
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from before it was deleted. When it appears again then it is read.
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|timestamp|
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Nvim uses file system watchers to detect changes in real-time for all
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loaded buffers; see |timestamp| for details.
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If this option has a local value, use this command to switch back to
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using the global value: >vim
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set autoread<
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