Capabilities
Since 3.8
Capability names are used to identify modules that are either conditionally configured or that are introduced over time.
You can use the expanded version command to query capabilities and avoid building knowledge of version numbers in your client application(s).
You can use list-capabilities command to obtain a list of capabilities supported by your watchman server.
Commands
Every command is identified by the command name prefixed by the string cmd-.
For example, the watch-project command is indicated by the capability name
cmd-watch-project.
Expression Terms
Every expression term is identified by the term name prefixed by the string
term-. For example, the match term is indicated by the capability name
term-match.
File Result Fields
Every field is identified by the field name prefixed by the string field-. For
example, the size field is indicated by the capability name field-size.
Feature Enhancements
Sometimes we will enhance existing functionality by adding new options to existing commands. Since these changes won't result in adding a new command they won't implicitly gain a capability name. In these cases we'll assign an appropriate capability name by hand.
The following feature capabilities are possible / released:
| Capability Name | Since version | Description |
|---|---|---|
relative_root | 3.3 | relative_root query option |
wildmatch | 3.7 | Expanded match term with recursive globs |
suffix-set | 5.0 | Expanded suffix to support set of suffixes |