More robust script handling and code cleanup

In this commit, I have made the script handling dramatically more
robust, and the code has been cleaned up a fair amount. We no longer
have to manually set is restarting or anything like that, and we dont
rely on a fragile exit code system.

README.md

@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ go install github.com/juls0730/zqdgr@latest
 ## Usage
 
 Full usage
+
 ```Bash
 zqdgr [options] <command>
 ```
 
-The list of commands is
+### Commands
+
 - `init`
 
   generates a zqdgr.config.json file in the current directory
@@ -30,25 +32,43 @@ The list of commands is
 - `watch <script>`
 
   runs the script in "watch mode", when files that follow the pattern in zqdgr.config.json change, the script restarts
+
 - `<script>`
 
   runs the script
 
+### Options
 
-ZQDGR has the following list of options
 - `-no-ws`
 
   disables the web socket server running at 2067
 
+- `-config`
+
+  specifies the path to the config file
+
+- `-disable-reload-config`
+
+  disables reloading the config file when it changes
+
+- `-C`
+
+  specifies the path to use as the working directry
+
 Example usage:
+
 ```bash
 zqdgr init
 zqdgr watch dev
+zqdgr -config ./my-config.json watch dev
+zqdgr -C ./my-nested-project watch dev
 ```
 
 ### ZQDGR websocket
+
 ZQDGR comes with a websocket to notify listeners that the application has updates, the websocket is accessible at
 `127.0.0.1:2067/ws`. An example dev script to listen for rebuilds might look like this
+
 ```Javascript
 let host = window.location.hostname;
 const socket = new WebSocket('ws://' + host + ':2067/ws');
@@ -75,21 +95,22 @@ socket.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
 
 ZQDGR is solely configured by a `zqdgr.config.json` file in the root of your project. The file has the following keys:
 
-| Key | Type | Description |
+| Key              | Type   | Required | default | Description                                                                                              |
-| --- | --- | --- |
+| ---------------- | ------ | -------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| name | string | The name of the project |
+| name             | string | -        | -       | The name of the project                                                                                  |
-| version | string | The version of the project |
+| version          | string | -        | -       | The version of the project                                                                               |
-| description | string | The description of the project |
+| description      | string | -        | -       | The description of the project                                                                           |
-| author | string | The author of the project (probably you) |
+| author           | string | -        | -       | The author of the project (probably you)                                                                 |
-| license | string | The license of the project |
+| license          | string | -        | -       | The license of the project                                                                               |
-| homepage | string | The URL to the homepage of the project |
+| homepage         | string | -        | -       | The URL to the homepage of the project                                                                   |
-| repository | object | The repository of the project |
+| repository       | object | -        | -       | The repository of the project                                                                            |
-| repository.type | string | The type of VCS that you use, most likely git |
+| repository.type  | string | -        | -       | The type of VCS that you use, most likely git                                                            |
-| repository.url | string | The place where you code is hosted. This should be a URI that can be used as is in a program such as git |
+| repository.url   | string | -        | -       | The place where you code is hosted. This should be a URI that can be used as is in a program such as git |
-| scripts | object | An object that maps a script name to a script command, which is just a shell command |
+| scripts          | object | true     | -       | An object that maps a script name to a script command, which is just a shell command                     |
-| pattern | string | The GLOB pattern that ZQDGR will watch for changes |
+| pattern          | string | true     | -       | The GLOB pattern that ZQDGR will watch for changes                                                       |
-| excluded_dirs | array | The directories that ZQDGR will ignore when in the `watch` mode |
+| excluded_globs   | array  | -        | -       | Globs that ZQDGR will ignore when in the `watch` mode                                                    |
-| shutdown_signal | string | The signal that ZQDGR will use to shutdown the script. Currently the only supported signals are `SIGINT`, `SIGTERM`, and `SIGQUIT`, if no shutdown signal is specified, ZQDGR will default to `SIGKILL` |
+| shutdown_signal  | string | -        | SIGINT  | The signal that ZQDGR will use to shutdown the script. One of SIGKILL, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGTERM          |
+| shutdown_timeout | int    | -        | 1       | The amount of time in seconds that ZQDGR will wait for the script to exit before force killing it.       |
 
 The only required key is `scripts`, the rest are optional, but we recommend you set the most important ones.
 

main.go

@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
@@ -37,21 +40,22 @@ type Config struct {
 		Type string `json:"type"`
 		URL  string `json:"url"`
 	} `json:"repository"`
-	Scripts        map[string]string `json:"scripts"`
+	Scripts map[string]string `json:"scripts"`
-	Pattern        string            `json:"pattern"`
+	Pattern string            `json:"pattern"`
-	ExcludedDirs   []string          `json:"excluded_dirs"`
+	// Deprecated: use excludedGlobs instead
-	ShutdownSignal string            `json:"shutdown_signal"`
+	ExcludedDirs    []string `json:"excluded_dirs"`
+	ExcludedGlobs   []string `json:"excluded_files"`
+	ShutdownSignal  string   `json:"shutdown_signal"`
+	ShutdownTimeout int      `json:"shutdown_timeout"`
 }
 
 type Script struct {
-	zqdgr        *ZQDGR
+	zqdgr      *ZQDGR
-	command      *exec.Cmd
+	command    *exec.Cmd
-	mutex        sync.Mutex
+	mutex      sync.Mutex
-	scriptName   string
+	scriptName string
-	isRestarting bool
+	// notified with the exit code of the script when it exits
-	wg           sync.WaitGroup
+	exitCode chan int
-	// the exit code of the script, only set after the script has exited
-	exitCode int
 }
 
 type ZQDGR struct {
@@ -72,7 +76,11 @@ func NewZQDGR(enableWebSocket bool, configDir string) *ZQDGR {
 		WorkingDirectory: configDir,
 	}
 
-	zqdgr.loadConfig()
+	err := zqdgr.loadConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+		return nil
+	}
 
 	zqdgr.EnableWebSocket = enableWebSocket
 	zqdgr.WSServer = &WSServer{
@@ -124,10 +132,10 @@ func (zqdgr *ZQDGR) NewScript(scriptName string, args ...string) *Script {
 	}
 
 	return &Script{
-		zqdgr:        zqdgr,
+		zqdgr:      zqdgr,
-		command:      command,
+		command:    command,
-		scriptName:   scriptName,
+		scriptName: scriptName,
-		isRestarting: false,
+		exitCode:   make(chan int),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -135,55 +143,94 @@ func (s *Script) Start() error {
 	s.mutex.Lock()
 	defer s.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	s.wg.Add(1)
-
 	err := s.command.Start()
 	if err != nil {
-		s.wg.Done()
 		return err
 	}
 
 	go func() {
-		err := s.command.Wait()
+		processState, err := s.command.Process.Wait()
-		if err != nil {
+		slog.Debug("Script exited", "script", s.scriptName, "error", err)
-			if exitError, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
-				s.exitCode = exitError.ExitCode()
-			} else {
-				// Other errors (e.g., process not found, permission denied)
-				log.Printf("Error waiting for script %s: %v", s.scriptName, err)
-				s.exitCode = 1
-			}
-		}
 
-		if !s.isRestarting {
+		s.exitCode <- processState.ExitCode()
-			s.wg.Done()
-		}
 	}()
 
 	return err
 }
 
+// it is the caller's responsibility to lock the mutex before calling this function
+func (s *Script) Stop() error {
+	slog.Debug("Making sure process is still alive")
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		if _, err := os.FindProcess(s.command.Process.Pid); err != nil {
+			// process is already dead
+			return nil
+		}
+	} else {
+		process, err := os.FindProcess(s.command.Process.Pid)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Sending signal 0 checks for existence and permissions
+		err = process.Signal(syscall.Signal(0))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("Process is still alive, sending signal")
+
+	dead := make(chan bool)
+	go func() {
+		s.command.Wait()
+		dead <- true
+	}()
+
+	var signal syscall.Signal
+	switch s.zqdgr.Config.ShutdownSignal {
+	case "SIGINT":
+		signal = syscall.SIGINT
+	case "SIGTERM":
+		signal = syscall.SIGTERM
+	case "SIGQUIT":
+		signal = syscall.SIGQUIT
+	default:
+		signal = syscall.SIGKILL
+	}
+
+	if err := syscall.Kill(-s.command.Process.Pid, signal); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("error killing previous process: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	shutdownTimeout := s.zqdgr.Config.ShutdownTimeout
+	if shutdownTimeout == 0 {
+		shutdownTimeout = 1
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case <-dead:
+	case <-time.After(time.Duration(shutdownTimeout) * time.Second):
+		log.Println("Script failed to stop after kill signal, force killing")
+
+		if err := syscall.Kill(-s.command.Process.Pid, syscall.SIGKILL); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("error killing previous process: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *Script) Restart() error {
+	slog.Debug("Restarting script", "script", s.scriptName)
+
 	s.mutex.Lock()
 
-	s.isRestarting = true
+	err := s.Stop()
-
+	if err != nil {
-	if s.command.Process != nil {
+		s.mutex.Unlock()
-		var signal syscall.Signal
+		return err
-		switch s.zqdgr.Config.ShutdownSignal {
-		case "SIGINT":
-			signal = syscall.SIGINT
-		case "SIGTERM":
-			signal = syscall.SIGTERM
-		case "SIGQUIT":
-			signal = syscall.SIGQUIT
-		default:
-			signal = syscall.SIGKILL
-		}
-
-		if err := syscall.Kill(-s.command.Process.Pid, signal); err != nil {
-			log.Printf("error killing previous process: %v", err)
-		}
 	}
 
 	s.command = s.zqdgr.NewCommand(s.scriptName)
@@ -194,11 +241,9 @@ func (s *Script) Restart() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	s.isRestarting = false
-
 	s.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	err := s.Start()
+	err = s.Start()
 
 	// tell the websocket clients to refresh
 	if s.zqdgr.EnableWebSocket {
@@ -217,10 +262,6 @@ func (s *Script) Restart() error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (s *Script) Wait() {
-	s.wg.Wait()
-}
-
 func (wsServer *WSServer) handleWs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	conn, err := wsServer.upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -246,7 +287,10 @@ func (wsServer *WSServer) handleWs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func (zqdgr *ZQDGR) loadConfig() error {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(zqdgr.WorkingDirectory, "zqdgr.config.json"))
 	if err == nil {
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &zqdgr.Config); err != nil {
+		decoder := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
+		decoder.DisallowUnknownFields()
+		err := decoder.Decode(&zqdgr.Config)
+		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error parsing config file: %v", err)
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -259,27 +303,99 @@ func (zqdgr *ZQDGR) loadConfig() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if zqdgr.Config.ExcludedDirs != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("WARNING: the 'excluded_dirs' key is deprecated, please use 'excluded_globs' instead\n")
+
+		zqdgr.Config.ExcludedGlobs = append(zqdgr.Config.ExcludedGlobs, zqdgr.Config.ExcludedDirs...)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
+func validatePattern(pattern string) ([]string, error) {
+	var paternArray []string
+	var currentPattern string
+	inMatch := false
+	// iterate over every letter in the pattern
+	for _, p := range pattern {
+		if string(p) == "{" {
+			if inMatch {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected { in pattern")
+			}
+
+			inMatch = true
+		}
+
+		if string(p) == "}" {
+			if !inMatch {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("enexpected } in pattern")
+			}
+
+			inMatch = false
+		}
+
+		if string(p) == "," && !inMatch {
+			paternArray = append(paternArray, currentPattern)
+			currentPattern = ""
+			continue
+		}
+
+		currentPattern += string(p)
+	}
+
+	if inMatch {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmatched } in pattern")
+	}
+
+	if currentPattern != "" {
+		paternArray = append(paternArray, currentPattern)
+	}
+
+	return paternArray, nil
+}
+
 func main() {
+	// var err error
+	var debugMode bool
+
 	noWs := flag.Bool("no-ws", false, "Disable WebSocket server")
 	configDir := flag.String("config", ".", "Path to the config directory")
 	flag.StringVar(configDir, "C", *configDir, "Path to the config directory")
+	disableReloadConfig := flag.Bool("no-reload-config", false, "Do not restart ZQDGR on config file change")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	// if ParseBool returns an error, ZQDGR_DEBUG is not a bool
+	debugMode, _ = strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("ZQDGR_DEBUG"))
+	if debugMode {
+		slog.SetLogLoggerLevel(slog.LevelDebug)
+	}
+
+	originalArgs := os.Args
 	os.Args = flag.Args()
 
-	zqdgr := NewZQDGR(*noWs, *configDir)
+	expandedConfigDir, err := filepath.Abs(*configDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("noWS", "noWs", *noWs, "configDir", *configDir, "expandedConfigDir", expandedConfigDir, "disableReloadConfig", *disableReloadConfig)
+
+	zqdgr := NewZQDGR(*noWs, expandedConfigDir)
+	if zqdgr == nil {
+		return
+	}
 
 	var command string
 	var commandArgs []string
 
+	// command name trimmed by flags.Args()
+	// os.Args ~= [script, --, arguments]
 	for i, arg := range os.Args {
 		if arg == "--" {
-			if i+2 < len(os.Args) {
+			slog.Debug("Found double-dash", "i", i, "len(os.Args)", len(os.Args), "os.Args", os.Args)
-				commandArgs = os.Args[i+2:]
+			if len(os.Args)-i > 1 {
+				commandArgs = os.Args[i+1:]
 			}
 			break
 		}
@@ -292,6 +408,8 @@ func main() {
 		commandArgs = append(commandArgs, arg)
 	}
 
+	slog.Debug("Collected", "command", command, "commandArgs", commandArgs)
+
 	watchMode := false
 	var scriptName string
 	switch command {
@@ -434,13 +552,7 @@ func main() {
 			log.Fatal("please specify a script to run")
 		}
 		watchMode = true
-		for i := range commandArgs {
+		scriptName = commandArgs[0]
-			if strings.HasPrefix(commandArgs[i], "-") {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			scriptName = commandArgs[i]
-		}
 	default:
 		scriptName = command
 	}
@@ -458,19 +570,9 @@ func main() {
 
 		log.Println("Received signal, exiting...")
 		if script.command != nil {
-			var signal syscall.Signal
+			script.mutex.Lock()
-			switch zqdgr.Config.ShutdownSignal {
+			script.Stop()
-			case "SIGINT":
+			script.mutex.Unlock()
-				signal = syscall.SIGINT
-			case "SIGTERM":
-				signal = syscall.SIGTERM
-			case "SIGQUIT":
-				signal = syscall.SIGQUIT
-			default:
-				signal = syscall.SIGKILL
-			}
-
-			syscall.Kill(-script.command.Process.Pid, signal)
 		}
 
 		os.Exit(0)
@@ -493,48 +595,22 @@ func main() {
 			log.Fatal("watch pattern not specified in config")
 		}
 
-		var paternArray []string
+		// make sure the pattern is valid
-		var currentPattern string
+		patternArray, err := validatePattern(zqdgr.Config.Pattern)
-		inMatch := false
+		if err != nil {
-		// iterate over every letter in the pattern
+			log.Fatal(err)
-		for _, p := range zqdgr.Config.Pattern {
-			if string(p) == "{" {
-				if inMatch {
-					log.Fatal("unmatched { in pattern")
-				}
-
-				inMatch = true
-			}
-
-			if string(p) == "}" {
-				if !inMatch {
-					log.Fatal("unmatched } in pattern")
-				}
-
-				inMatch = false
-			}
-
-			if string(p) == "," && !inMatch {
-				paternArray = append(paternArray, currentPattern)
-				currentPattern = ""
-				inMatch = false
-				continue
-			}
-
-			currentPattern += string(p)
 		}
 
-		if inMatch {
+		for _, pattern := range zqdgr.Config.ExcludedGlobs {
-			log.Fatal("unmatched } in pattern")
+			_, err := validatePattern(pattern)
-		}
+			if err != nil {
-
+				log.Fatal(err)
-		if currentPattern != "" {
+			}
-			paternArray = append(paternArray, currentPattern)
 		}
 
 		watcherConfig := WatcherConfig{
-			excludedDirs: globList(zqdgr.Config.ExcludedDirs),
+			excludedGlobs: globList(zqdgr.Config.ExcludedGlobs),
-			pattern:      paternArray,
+			pattern:       patternArray,
 		}
 
 		watcher, err := NewWatcher(&watcherConfig)
@@ -549,13 +625,17 @@ func main() {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		// We use this timer to deduplicate events.
+		err = watcher.AddFile(path.Join(zqdgr.WorkingDirectory, "zqdgr.config.json"))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		// tailing edge debounce of file system events
 		var (
-			// Wait 100ms for new events; each new event resets the timer.
 			waitFor = 100 * time.Millisecond
 
-			// Keep track of the timers, as path → timer.
+			mu sync.Mutex
-			mu     sync.Mutex
+			// watched filepath -> timer
 			timers = make(map[string]*time.Timer)
 		)
 		go func() {
@@ -572,10 +652,56 @@ func main() {
 
 					if !ok {
 						timer = time.AfterFunc(waitFor, func() {
+							slog.Debug("FSnotify event received", "event", event)
+
 							if event.Op&fsnotify.Remove == fsnotify.Remove || event.Op&fsnotify.Write == fsnotify.Write || event.Op&fsnotify.Create == fsnotify.Create {
-								fmt.Println("File changed:", event.Name)
+								slog.Debug("File changed", "file", event.Name)
-								if directoryShouldBeTracked(&watcherConfig, event.Name) {
+
-									watcher.(NotifyWatcher).watcher.Add(event.Name)
+								fullEventPath, err := filepath.Abs(event.Name)
+								if err != nil {
+									log.Fatal(err)
+								}
+								slog.Debug("expanded event path", "path", fullEventPath)
+
+								// check against the fullpath to make sure that the config file that was changed is
+								// actually the one we are using
+								if fullEventPath == filepath.Join(zqdgr.WorkingDirectory, "zqdgr.config.json") {
+									// re-exec the exact same command
+									if !*disableReloadConfig {
+										fmt.Println("zqdgr.config.json has changed, restarting...")
+										executable, err := os.Executable()
+										if err != nil {
+											log.Fatal(err)
+										}
+
+										script.mutex.Lock()
+
+										err = script.Stop()
+										if err != nil {
+											log.Fatal(err)
+										}
+
+										script.mutex.Unlock()
+
+										err = syscall.Exec(executable, originalArgs, os.Environ())
+										if err != nil {
+											log.Fatal(err)
+										}
+
+										panic("unreachable")
+									}
+								}
+
+								if pathShouldBeTracked(&watcherConfig, event.Name) {
+									if event.Op&fsnotify.Create == fsnotify.Create {
+										slog.Debug("Adding new file to watcher", "file", event.Name)
+										watcher.(NotifyWatcher).watcher.Add(event.Name)
+									}
+
+									if event.Op&fsnotify.Remove == fsnotify.Remove {
+										slog.Debug("Removing file from watcher", "file", event.Name)
+										watcher.(NotifyWatcher).watcher.Remove(event.Name)
+									}
 								}
 
 								if pathMatches(&watcherConfig, event.Name) {
@@ -608,8 +734,17 @@ func main() {
 				}
 			}
 		}()
+
+		// block until the script exits with a zero (aka, it normally exited on its own)
+		for {
+			exitCode := <-script.exitCode
+			slog.Debug("Script exited", "script", scriptName, "exitCode", exitCode)
+			if exitCode == 0 {
+				os.Exit(0)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
-	script.Wait()
+	// block until the script exits
-	os.Exit(script.exitCode)
+	os.Exit(<-script.exitCode)
 }

watcher.go

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar"
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
@@ -14,27 +16,45 @@ type globList []string
 
 func (g *globList) Matches(value string) bool {
 	for _, v := range *g {
+		// if the pattern matches a filepath pattern
 		if match, err := filepath.Match(v, value); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Bad pattern \"%s\": %s", v, err.Error())
 		} else if match {
 			return true
 		}
+
+		// or if the path starts with the pattern
+		if strings.HasSuffix(value, v) {
+			return true
+		}
 	}
+
 	return false
 }
 
 func matchesPattern(pattern []string, path string) bool {
 	for _, p := range pattern {
+		slog.Debug("checking path against pattern", "pattern", p, "path", path)
 		if matched, _ := doublestar.Match(p, path); matched {
+			slog.Debug("path matches pattern", "pattern", p, "path", path)
 			return true
 		}
 	}
+
 	return false
 }
 
-func directoryShouldBeTracked(cfg *WatcherConfig, path string) bool {
+func pathShouldBeTracked(cfg *WatcherConfig, path string) bool {
 	base := filepath.Dir(path)
-	return matchesPattern(cfg.pattern, path) && !cfg.excludedDirs.Matches(base)
+
+	slog.Debug("checking file against path", "path", path, "base", base)
+
+	if cfg.excludedGlobs.Matches(base) {
+		slog.Debug("file is excluded", "path", path)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return matchesPattern(cfg.pattern, path)
 }
 
 func pathMatches(cfg *WatcherConfig, path string) bool {
@@ -42,13 +62,14 @@ func pathMatches(cfg *WatcherConfig, path string) bool {
 }
 
 type WatcherConfig struct {
-	excludedDirs globList
+	excludedGlobs globList
-	pattern      globList
+	pattern       globList
 }
 
 type FileWatcher interface {
 	Close() error
 	AddFiles() error
+	AddFile(path string) error
 	add(path string) error
 	getConfig() *WatcherConfig
 }
@@ -62,6 +83,12 @@ func (n NotifyWatcher) Close() error {
 	return n.watcher.Close()
 }
 
+func (n NotifyWatcher) AddFile(path string) error {
+	slog.Debug("manually adding file", "file", path)
+
+	return n.add(path)
+}
+
 func (n NotifyWatcher) AddFiles() error {
 	return addFiles(n)
 }
@@ -79,10 +106,12 @@ func NewWatcher(cfg *WatcherConfig) (FileWatcher, error) {
 		err := errors.New("no config specified")
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	w, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	return NotifyWatcher{
 		watcher: w,
 		cfg:     cfg,
@@ -92,18 +121,43 @@ func NewWatcher(cfg *WatcherConfig) (FileWatcher, error) {
 func addFiles(fw FileWatcher) error {
 	cfg := fw.getConfig()
 	for _, pattern := range cfg.pattern {
+		slog.Debug("adding pattern", "pattern", pattern)
+
 		matches, err := doublestar.Glob(pattern)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Bad pattern \"%s\": %s", pattern, err.Error())
 		}
+
+		trackedDirs := make(map[string]bool)
 		for _, match := range matches {
-			if directoryShouldBeTracked(cfg, match) {
+			base := filepath.Dir(match)
+			// this allows us to track file creations and deletions
+			if !trackedDirs[base] {
+				if cfg.excludedGlobs.Matches(base) {
+					slog.Debug("directory is excluded", "file", match)
+					continue
+				}
+
+				trackedDirs[base] = true
+
+				slog.Debug("adding directory", "dir", base)
+
+				if err := fw.add(base); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("FileWatcher.Add(): %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			slog.Debug("adding file", "file", match)
+
+			if pathShouldBeTracked(cfg, match) {
+				slog.Debug("path should be tracked", "file", match)
+
 				if err := fw.add(match); err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("FileWatcher.Add(): %v", err)
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }

zqdgr.config.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "zqdgr",
-    "version": "0.0.3",
+    "version": "0.0.6",
     "description": "zqdgr is a quick and dirty Golang runner",
     "author": "juls0730",
     "license": "BSL-1.0",