Function initialize

src/utils/skills/skillChangeDetector.ts:85–141

()

 * Initialize file watching for skill directories
 */
export async function initialize(): Promise<void> {
  if (initialized || disposed) return
  initialized = true

  // Register callback for when dynamic skills are loaded (only once)
  if (!dynamicSkillsCallbackRegistered) {
    dynamicSkillsCallbackRegistered = true
    onDynamicSkillsLoaded(() => {
      // Clear memoization caches so new skills are picked up
      // Note: we use clearCommandMemoizationCaches (not clearCommandsCache)
      // because clearCommandsCache would call clearSkillCaches which
      // wipes out the dynamic skills we just loaded
      clearCommandMemoizationCaches()
      // Notify listeners that skills changed
      skillsChanged.emit()
    })
  }

  const paths = await getWatchablePaths()
  if (paths.length === 0) return

  logForDebugging(
    `Watching for changes in skill/command directories: ${paths.join(', ')}...`,
  )

  watcher = chokidar.watch(paths, {
    persistent: true,
    ignoreInitial: true,
    depth: 2, // Skills use skill-name/SKILL.md format
    awaitWriteFinish: {
      stabilityThreshold:
        testOverrides?.stabilityThreshold ?? FILE_STABILITY_THRESHOLD_MS,
      pollInterval:
        testOverrides?.pollInterval ?? FILE_STABILITY_POLL_INTERVAL_MS,
    },
    // Ignore special file types (sockets, FIFOs, devices) - they cannot be watched
    // and will error with EOPNOTSUPP on macOS. Only allow regular files and directories.
    ignored: (path, stats) => {
      if (stats && !stats.isFile() && !stats.isDirectory()) return true
      // Ignore .git directories
      return path.split(platformPath.sep).some(dir => dir === '.git')
    },
    ignorePermissionErrors: true,
    usePolling: USE_POLLING,
    interval: testOverrides?.chokidarInterval ?? POLLING_INTERVAL_MS,
    atomic: true,
  })

  watcher.on('add', handleChange)
  watcher.on('change', handleChange)
  watcher.on('unlink', handleChange)

  // Register cleanup to properly dispose of the file watcher during graceful shutdown
  unregisterCleanup = registerCleanup(async () => {
    await dispose()
  })
}