NAME

       watchman-make - automatically invoke a build tool or script in response to files changing.

SYNOPSIS

       watchman-make [ -h ] [ -t TARGET [TARGET ...]] [-s SETTLE] [--make MAKE]
                [ -p PATTERN [PATTERN ...]] [--root ROOT] [-r RUN]

DESCRIPTION

       watchman-make  waits  for changes to files and then invokes a build tool (by default, `make`) or provided
       script to process those changes.  It uses the watchman  service  to  efficiently  watch  the  appropriate
       files.

       Events are consolidated and settled before they are dispatched to your build tool, so that it won't start
       executing until after the files have stopped changing.

       You  can tell watchman-make about one or more build targets and dependencies for those targets or provide
       a script to run.  watchman-make will then trigger the build for the given targets  or  run  the  provided
       script as changes are detected.

USAGE

       OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

       -h, --help

              Show this help

       -h, --help

              show this help message and exit

       -t TARGET [TARGET ...], --target TARGET [TARGET ...]

              Specify  a  list  of  target(s)  to  pass to the make tool.  The --make and --pattern options that
              precede --target are used to define the trigger condition.

       -s SETTLE, --settle SETTLE

              How long to wait to allow changes to settle before invoking targets

       --make MAKE

              The name of the make tool to use for the next --target. The default is  `make`.  You  may  include
              additional arguments; you are not limited to just the path to a tool or script.

       -p PATTERN [PATTERN ...], --pattern PATTERN [PATTERN ...]

              Define  filename  matching patterns that will be used to trigger the next --target definition. The
              pattern syntax is wildmatch style; globbing with recursive matching via '**'. --pattern  is  reset
              to empty after each --target argument.

       --root ROOT

              Define  the  root of the project. The default is to use the PWD. All patterns are considered to be
              relative to this root, and the build tool is executed with this location set as its PWD.

       -r RUN, --run

              RUN The script that should be run when changes are detected

SEE ALSO

       watchman(1), watchman-wait(1)

       For more information, please refer the online documentation

Linux                                              8 Oct 2019                                   watchman-make(1)