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Fix package:watcher performance when there are multiple symlink cycles #2170
Description
Currently the behavior with symlinks is undefined + untested.
Add test coverage, decide the new behavior, do a breaking release.
As part of this change, fix behavior when there are cyclic symlinks #1728
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davidmorgan commentedon Sep 29, 2025
I started by looking at the file watcher. It turns out there is already some awkward/inconsistent behavior before looking at symlinks, so I will tackle that first.
davidmorgan commentedon Nov 3, 2025
It looks like rather than do a big breaking release we'll do a bug fix release that addresses just the bad behavior when there are loops, see linked PR.
[-]Breaking package:watcher change for behavior with symlinks[/-][+]Fix package:watcher performance when there are multiple symlink cycles[/+]