6.0.0

Breaking Changes

• [inotify] Use of select.poll() instead of deprecated select.select(), if available. (#1078)
• [utils] Removed the unused echo_class() function from the echo module.
• [utils] Removed the unused echo_instancemethod() function from the echo module.
• [utils] Removed the unused echo_module() function from the echo module.
• [utils] Removed the unused is_class_private_name() function from the echo module.
• [utils] Removed the unused is_classmethod() function from the echo module.
• [utils] Removed the unused is_method(met() function from the echo module.
• [utils] Removed the unused method_name() function from the echo module.
• [utils] Removed the unused name() function from the echo module.
• [watchmedo] Removed the --trace CLI argument from the watchmedo log command, useless since events are logged by default at the LoggerTrick class level.

Other Changes

• Pin test dependecies.
• [docs] Add typing info to quick start. (#1082)
• [inotify] Fix reading inotify file descriptor after closing it. (#1081)
• [utils] The stop_signal keyword-argument type of the AutoRestartTrick class can now be either a signal.Signals or an int.
• [utils] Added the __repr__() method to the Trick class.
• [watchmedo] Fixed Mypy issues.
• [watchmedo] Added the __repr__() method to the HelpFormatter class.
• [windows] Fixed Mypy issues.

💟 Thanks to our beloved contributors: @g-pichler, @ethan-vanderheijden, @nhairs, @BoboTiG

5.0.3

• [inotify] Improve cleaning up Inotify threads, and add eventlet test cases (#1070)

💟 Thanks to our beloved contributors: @ethan-vanderheijden, @BoboTiG

5.0.2

• Enable OS specific Mypy checks (#1064)
• [watchmedo] Fix tricks argument type of schedule_tricks() (#1063)

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5.0.1

• [kqueue] Fix TypeError: kqueue.control() only accepts positional parameters (#1062)

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5.0.0

Breaking Changes

• Drop support for Python 3.8 (#1055)
• [core] Enforced usage of proper keyword-arguments (#1057)
• [core] Renamed the BaseObserverSubclassCallable class to ObserverType (#1055)
• [inotify] Renamed the inotify_event_struct class to InotifyEventStruct (#1055)
• [inotify] Renamed the UnsupportedLibc exception to UnsupportedLibcError (#1057)
• [inotify] Removed the InotifyConstants.IN_CLOSE constant (#1046)
• [watchmedo] Renamed the LogLevelException exception to LogLevelError (#1057)
• [watchmedo] Renamed the WatchdogShutdown exception to WatchdogShutdownError (#1057)
• [windows] Renamed the FILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION class to FileNotifyInformation (#1055)
• [windows] Removed the unused WATCHDOG_TRAVERSE_MOVED_DIR_DELAY constant (#1057)

Other Changes

• [core] Enable disallow_untyped_calls Mypy rule (#1055)
• [core] Enable disallow_untyped_defs Mypy rule (#1060)
• [core] Improve typing references for events (#1040)
• [inotify] Add support for IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE events. A FileClosedNoWriteEvent event will be fired, and its on_closed_no_write() dispatcher has been introduced (#1046)

💟 Thanks to our beloved contributors: @BoboTiG

4.0.2

• Add support for Python 3.13 (#1052)
• [core] Run ruff, apply several fixes (#1033)
• [core] Remove execution rights from events.py
• [documentation] Update PatternMatchingEventHandler docstrings (#1048)
• [documentation] Simplify the quickstart example (#1047)
• [fsevents] Add missing event_filter keyword-argument to FSEventsObserver.schedule() (#1049)
• [utils] Fix a possible race condition in AutoRestartTrick (#1002)
• [watchmedo] Remove execution rights from watchmedo.py

💟 Thanks to our beloved contributors: @BoboTiG, @nbelakovski, @ivg

4.0.1

• [inotify] Fix missing event_filter for the full emitter (#1032)

💟 Thanks to our beloved contributors: @mraspaud, @BoboTiG

4.0.0

Breaking Changes

• Drop support for Python 3.7.
• [events] FileSystemEvent, and subclasses, are now dataclasses, and their repr() has changed
• [windows] WinAPINativeEvent is now a dataclass, and its repr() has changed
• [windows] The observers.read_directory_changes.WATCHDOG_TRAVERSE_MOVED_DIR_DELAY hack was removed. The constant will be kept to prevent breaking other softwares.

Other Changes

• Add support for Python 3.12.
• [snapshot] Add typing to dirsnapshot (#1012)
• [snapshot] Added DirectorySnapshotDiff.ContextManager (#1011)
• [events] Log FileOpenedEvent, and FileClosedEvent, events in LoggingEventHandler
• [tests] Improve FileSystemEvent coverage
• [watchmedo] Log all events in LoggerTrick

💟 Thanks to our beloved contributors: @BoboTiG, @msabramo

3.0.0

Breaking Changes

• Drop support for Python 3.6.

Other Changes

• watchdog is now PEP 561 compatible, and tested with mypy
• Fix missing > in FileSystemEvent.__repr__() (#980)
• [ci] Lots of improvements
• [inotify] Return from InotifyEmitter.queue_events() if not launched when thread is inactive (#963)
• [tests] Stability improvements
• [utils] Remove handling of threading.Event.isSet spelling (#962)
• [watchmedo] Fixed tricks YAML generation (#965)

💟 Thanks to our beloved contributors: @kurtmckee, @altendky, @agroszer, @BoboTiG

2.3.1

• Run black on the entire source code
• Bundle the requirements-tests.txt file in the source distribution (#939)
• [watchmedo] Exclude FileOpenedEvent events from AutoRestartTrick, and ShellCommandTrick, to restore watchdog < 2.3.0 behavior. A better solution should be found in the future. (#949)
• [watchmedo] Log FileOpenedEvent, and FileClosedEvent, events in LoggerTrick

💟 Thanks to our beloved contributors: @BoboTiG