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
       ⟨http://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/cli-options.html⟩