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3 The inotify(7) subsystem has three important tunings that impact watchman.
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5   * /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances!!/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances!! impacts how many different root dirs you can watch.
6   * /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches!!/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches!! impacts how many dirs you can watch across all watched roots.
7   * /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_queued_events!!/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_queued_events!! impacts how likely it is that your system will experience a notification overflow.
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9 You obviously need to ensure that max_user_instances and max_user_watches are set so that the system is capable of keeping track of your files.
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