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[PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Subject: bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:21:32 +0200

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27 apr. 2019 kl. 18.52 skrev Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
> 
> w32notify cannot watch a single file, because the Windows notification
> machinery is directory-oriented, and reports all changes in the
> directory.

Right; thanks for the correction.

Here is an updated patch. There is a new variable, `auto-revert-always-poll', which is t by default.
There is also a note in etc/NEWS. Does it merit a mention in the manual as well?

[0001-Don-t-poll-auto-revert-files-that-use-notification.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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