get-config

The get-config command returns the .watchmanconfig for the root. If there is no .watchmanconfig, it returns an empty configuration field:

$ watchman get-config .
{
    "version": "2.9.9",
    "config": {}
}

$ watchman get-config /path/to/root
{
    "version": "2.9.9",
    "config": {
        "ignore_dirs": [
            "buck-out"
        ]
    }
}

Note that watchman only reads the .watchmanconfig file when the watch is established. If changes are made after that point, the get-config response will not reflect them.

See Configuration Options for details on valid contents of the config field. Note that the values returned by get-config are passed straight through from the .watchmanconfig file, and thus may contain fields that are not strictly legal.

This command is available since watchman version 2.9.9.