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hotfix(tail): skip events for untracked files in follow mode #9630

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fix(tail): skip events for untracked files in follow mode
naoNao89 Dec 10, 2025
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test(tail): add test for untracked file events in follow=descriptor
naoNao89 Dec 19, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into fix/tail-retry6-follow-descriptor
sylvestre Dec 29, 2025
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
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Expand Up @@ -317,6 +317,14 @@ impl Observer {

let event_path = event.paths.first().unwrap();
let mut paths: Vec<PathBuf> = vec![];

// If the path is not being tracked, ignore this event.
// This can happen when --follow=descriptor is used without --retry,
// and a file that initially didn't exist is created in a watched directory.
if !self.files.contains_key(event_path) {
return Ok(paths);
}

let display_name = self.files.get(event_path).display_name.clone();

match event.kind {
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