feat(Smartchok): Migrate to chokidar 4.x with picomatch glob support, update documentation and tests

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
- * autocreated commitinfo by @pushrocks/commitinfo
+ * autocreated commitinfo by @push.rocks/commitinfo
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartchok',
-  version: '1.0.34',
-  description: 'A smart wrapper for chokidar to facilitate file watching with enhanced features.'
+  version: '1.1.0',
+  description: 'A smart wrapper for chokidar 4.x with glob pattern support and enhanced features.'
 }

ts/smartchok.classes.smartchok.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ export type TFsEvent =
 export class Smartchok {
   public watchStringmap = new Stringmap();
   public status: TSmartchokStatus = 'idle';
-  private watcher: plugins.watcher;
+  private watcher: plugins.chokidar.FSWatcher;
+  private globPatterns: string[] = [];
+  private globMatchers: Map<string, (path: string) => boolean> = new Map();
   private watchingDeferred = plugins.smartpromise.defer<void>(); // used to run things when watcher is initialized
   private eventObservablemap = new plugins.smartrx.Observablemap(); // register one observable per event
 
@@ -94,17 +96,72 @@ export class Smartchok {
   public start(): Promise<void> {
     const done = plugins.smartpromise.defer<void>();
     this.status = 'starting';
-    this.watcher = new plugins.watcher(
-      this.watchStringmap.getStringArray().map((string) => {
-        const result = this.getGlobBase(string);
-        console.log(`Watching ${result} for changes`);
-        return result;
-      }),
-      {
-        depth: 4,
-        recursive: true,
+    
+    // Store original glob patterns and create matchers
+    this.globPatterns = this.watchStringmap.getStringArray();
+    const basePaths = new Set<string>();
+    
+    this.globPatterns.forEach((pattern) => {
+      const basePath = this.getGlobBase(pattern);
+      basePaths.add(basePath);
+      
+      // Create a picomatch matcher for each glob pattern
+      const matcher = plugins.picomatch(pattern, {
+        dot: true,
+        basename: false
+      });
+      this.globMatchers.set(pattern, matcher);
+    });
+    
+    // Convert Set to Array for chokidar
+    const watchPaths = Array.from(basePaths);
+    console.log('Base paths to watch:', watchPaths);
+    
+    this.watcher = plugins.chokidar.watch(watchPaths, {
+      persistent: true,
+      ignoreInitial: false,
+      followSymlinks: false,
+      depth: 4,
+      awaitWriteFinish: {
+        stabilityThreshold: 300,
+        pollInterval: 100
+      },
+      ignored: (path: string, stats?: plugins.fs.Stats) => {
+        // Don't filter during initialization - let chokidar watch everything
+        // We'll filter events as they come in
+        return false;
       }
-    );
+    });
+    
+    // Set up event handlers with glob filtering
+    const fileEvents: Array<'add' | 'change' | 'unlink' | 'addDir' | 'unlinkDir'> = 
+      ['add', 'addDir', 'change', 'unlink', 'unlinkDir'];
+    
+    // Handle file events
+    fileEvents.forEach(eventName => {
+      this.watcher.on(eventName, (path: string, stats?: plugins.fs.Stats) => {
+        // Only emit event if the path matches our glob patterns
+        if (this.shouldWatchPath(path)) {
+          this.eventObservablemap.getSubjectForEmitterEvent(this.watcher, eventName)
+            .next([path, stats]);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    
+    // Handle error events
+    this.watcher.on('error', (error: Error) => {
+      this.eventObservablemap.getSubjectForEmitterEvent(this.watcher, 'error')
+        .next([error, undefined]);
+    });
+    
+    // Handle raw events
+    this.watcher.on('raw', (eventType: string, path: string, details: any) => {
+      if (this.shouldWatchPath(path)) {
+        this.eventObservablemap.getSubjectForEmitterEvent(this.watcher, 'raw')
+          .next([path, undefined]);
+      }
+    });
+    
     this.watcher.on('ready', () => {
       this.status = 'watching';
       this.watchingDeferred.resolve();
@@ -128,4 +185,36 @@ export class Smartchok {
       await closeWatcher();
     }
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Checks if a path should be watched based on glob patterns
+   */
+  private shouldWatchPath(filePath: string): boolean {
+    // Normalize the path - remove leading ./ if present
+    let normalizedPath = filePath.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+    if (normalizedPath.startsWith('./')) {
+      normalizedPath = normalizedPath.substring(2);
+    }
+    
+    // Check if the path matches any of our glob patterns
+    for (const [pattern, matcher] of this.globMatchers) {
+      // Also normalize the pattern for comparison
+      let normalizedPattern = pattern;
+      if (normalizedPattern.startsWith('./')) {
+        normalizedPattern = normalizedPattern.substring(2);
+      }
+      
+      // Try matching with both the original pattern and normalized
+      if (matcher(normalizedPath) || matcher(filePath)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      
+      // Also try matching without the leading path
+      const withoutLeading = 'test/' + normalizedPath.split('test/').slice(1).join('test/');
+      if (matcher(withoutLeading)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
 }

ts/smartchok.plugins.ts

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ export {
 }
 
 // thirdparty scope
-// @ts-nocheck
-import watcher from '@tempfix/watcher';
+import * as chokidar from 'chokidar';
+import picomatch from 'picomatch';
 
 export {
-  watcher,
+  chokidar,
+  picomatch,
 }