Improve watcher search

watcher.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	zglob "github.com/mattn/go-zglob"
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 // Watcher is a interface for the watch process
 type Watcher struct {
 	PollInterval      int
-	WatchItems        []string
+	WatchItems        map[string]bool
-	IgnoreItems       []string
+	IgnoreItems       map[string]bool
 	AllowedExtensions map[string]bool
 	Events            chan string
 	Errors            chan error
@@ -35,22 +36,24 @@ func NewWatcher(pollInterval int, watchItems []string, ignoreItems []string, ext
 		allowedExts["."+ext] = true
 	}
 
-	watchMatches, err := resolveGlobMatches(watchItems)
+	watchPaths, err := resolvePaths(watchItems, allowedExts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	ignoreMatches, err := resolveGlobMatches(ignoreItems)
+	ignorePaths, err := resolvePaths(ignoreItems, allowedExts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	logger.Debugf("Resolved watch paths: %v", watchPaths)
+	logger.Debugf("Resolved ignore paths: %v", ignorePaths)
 	return &Watcher{
 		Events:            make(chan string),
 		Errors:            make(chan error),
 		PollInterval:      pollInterval,
-		WatchItems:        watchMatches,
+		WatchItems:        watchPaths,
-		IgnoreItems:       ignoreMatches,
+		IgnoreItems:       ignorePaths,
 		AllowedExtensions: allowedExts,
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -61,8 +64,8 @@ var errDetectedChange = errors.New("done")
 // Watch starts watching for file changes
 func (w *Watcher) Watch() {
 	for {
-		for i := range w.WatchItems {
+		for watchPath := range w.WatchItems {
-			fileChanged, err := w.scanChange(w.WatchItems[i])
+			fileChanged, err := w.scanChange(watchPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				w.Errors <- err
 				return
@@ -84,15 +87,13 @@ func (w *Watcher) scanChange(watchPath string) (string, error) {
 	var fileChanged string
 
 	err := filepath.Walk(watchPath, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-		// ignore hidden files and directories
+		// always ignore hidden files and directories
 		if filepath.Base(path)[0] == '.' {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		for _, x := range w.IgnoreItems {
+		if _, ignored := w.IgnoreItems[path]; ignored {
-			if x == path {
+			return filepath.SkipDir
-				return filepath.SkipDir
-			}
 		}
 
 		ext := filepath.Ext(path)
@@ -111,18 +112,61 @@ func (w *Watcher) scanChange(watchPath string) (string, error) {
 	return fileChanged, nil
 }
 
-func resolveGlobMatches(paths []string) ([]string, error) {
+func resolvePaths(paths []string, extensions map[string]bool) (map[string]bool, error) {
-	var result []string
+	result := map[string]bool{}
 
 	for _, path := range paths {
-		matches, err := zglob.Glob(path)
+		matches := []string{path}
-		if err != nil {
+
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't resolve glob path \"%s\": %v", path, err)
+		isGlob := strings.Contains(path, "*")
+		if isGlob {
+			var err error
+			matches, err = zglob.Glob(path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't resolve glob path \"%s\": %v", path, err)
+			}
 		}
 
-		logger.Debugf("Resolved glob path %s: %v", path, matches)
+		for _, match := range matches {
-		result = append(result, matches...)
+			// don't care for extension filter right now for non glob paths
+			// since they could be a directory
+			if isGlob {
+				if _, ok := extensions[filepath.Ext(path)]; !ok {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
+			if _, ok := result[match]; !ok {
+				result[match] = true
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
+	removeOverlappedPaths(result)
+
 	return result, nil
 }
+
+// remove overlapped paths so it makes the scan for changes later faster and simpler
+func removeOverlappedPaths(mapPaths map[string]bool) {
+	for p1 := range mapPaths {
+		for p2 := range mapPaths {
+			if p1 == p2 {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if strings.HasPrefix(p2, p1) {
+				mapPaths[p2] = false
+			} else if strings.HasPrefix(p1, p2) {
+				mapPaths[p1] = false
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// cleanup path list
+	for p := range mapPaths {
+		if !mapPaths[p] {
+			delete(mapPaths, p)
+		}
+	}
+}

watcher_test.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestWatcherDefaultValues(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Nil(t, err, "wacher error")
 	assert.Equal(t, 500, w.PollInterval)
-	assert.Equal(t, watchItems, w.WatchItems)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]bool{"testdata/server": true}, w.WatchItems)
 	assert.Len(t, w.IgnoreItems, 0)
 	assert.Equal(t, map[string]bool{".go": true}, w.AllowedExtensions)
 }
@@ -32,7 +32,18 @@ func TestWatcherGlobPath(t *testing.T) {
 
 	w, err := NewWatcher(pollInterval, watchItems, ignoreItems, extensions)
 	assert.Nil(t, err, "wacher error")
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"testdata/server/main_test.go"}, w.IgnoreItems)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]bool{"testdata/server/main_test.go": true}, w.IgnoreItems)
+}
+
+func TestWatcherRemoveOverlapdPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	pollInterval := 0
+	watchItems := []string{filepath.Join("testdata", "server")}
+	ignoreItems := []string{"./testdata/**/*", "./testdata/server"}
+	var extensions []string
+
+	w, err := NewWatcher(pollInterval, watchItems, ignoreItems, extensions)
+	assert.Nil(t, err, "wacher error")
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]bool{"./testdata/server": true}, w.IgnoreItems)
 }
 
 func TestWatcherWatchChange(t *testing.T) {