Keep watching directories recreated at a removed path (AI-assisted)

AI-canary.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This pull request is AI generated

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ Making a new release? Simply add the new header with the version and date undern
 ## Unreleased
 
 * LocalizationTables no longer report as changed when nothing changes. [(#1333)]
+* Fixed live sync on Linux (`rojo serve` and the `--watch` modes) missing every change inside a directory that was removed or moved aside and then recreated at the same path within another synced directory. ([#1341])
 
 [#1333]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1333
+[#1341]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1341
 
 ## [7.7.1] (October 1st, 2026)
 

crates/memofs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # memofs Changelog
 
 ## Unreleased Changes
+* Fixed `StdBackend` on Linux dropping the watches on a directory recreated at a path whose removal was committed afterwards, which stopped events for everything inside it. [#1341]
+
+[#1341]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1341
 
 # 0.4.0 (2026-07-01)
 * Added `Vfs::canonicalize`. [#1201]

crates/memofs/src/std_backend.rs

@@ -122,15 +122,54 @@ impl VfsBackend for StdBackend {
         {
             Ok(())
         } else {
+            // This recursive watch covers any watch we already hold below
+            // `path`. Release those, so that every path in `watches` is the
+            // only watch covering it and `unwatch` can trust that. Release them
+            // first: on inotify this watch shares their per-directory entries,
+            // and unwatching them afterwards would delete its coverage too.
+            let covered: Vec<PathBuf> = self
+                .watches
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|watched| watched.starts_with(path))
+                .cloned()
+                .collect();
+            for watched in &covered {
+                self.watches.remove(watched);
+                let _ = self.watcher.unwatch(watched);
+            }
+
+            if let Err(err) = self.watcher.watch(path, RecursiveMode::Recursive) {
+                // Put back what we released, so a failed watch loses nothing.
+                // inotify keeps whatever part of the walk succeeded, so drop
+                // that first to free its watches.
+                let _ = self.watcher.unwatch(path);
+                for watched in covered {
+                    if self
+                        .watcher
+                        .watch(&watched, RecursiveMode::Recursive)
+                        .is_ok()
+                    {
+                        self.watches.insert(watched);
+                    }
+                }
+                return Err(io::Error::other(err));
+            }
             self.watches.insert(path.to_path_buf());
-            self.watcher
-                .watch(path, RecursiveMode::Recursive)
-                .map_err(io::Error::other)
+            Ok(())
         }
     }
 
     fn unwatch(&mut self, path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
-        self.watches.remove(path);
-        self.watcher.unwatch(path).map_err(io::Error::other)
+        // Only stop a watch we started. Any other path is covered by an
+        // ancestor's recursive watch, for which inotify keeps an entry per
+        // directory, keyed by path. By the time a removal is committed, that
+        // entry may belong to a new directory created at the same path, and
+        // unwatching it would stop events for that directory and everything
+        // under it.
+        if self.watches.remove(path) {
+            self.watcher.unwatch(path).map_err(io::Error::other)
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
     }
 }