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[2020-10-22] Trigger build after file change

Install the inotify-tools, for example with yay:

yay -S inotify-tools

Then you can trigger a sphix build after a file change in docs

while true;
   inotifywait -e close_write -r docs/;
   make dirhtml;
end

Or to start the love2d game, but only when a lua file changes.

while true;
    inotifywait -e close_write -r --include ".*\.lua" . ;
    love .;
end

The inotifywait command waits until a file is updated, in our examples until a file handle is closed after a write.