# Zig watch similar to cargo watch

**URL:** <https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-watch-similar-to-cargo-watch/4780>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** build-system\
**Created:** [June 18, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-watch-similar-to-cargo-watch/4780 "2024-06-18T18:42:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrewrk](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/andrewrk/32/7011_2.png) [@andrewrk](https://ziggit.dev/u/andrewrk)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-watch-similar-to-cargo-watch/4780/8 "2024-07-13T02:19:01Z")

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> [@Initial implementation of \`zig build --watch\` just landed in master branch](https://ziggit.dev/t/initial-implementation-of-zig-build-watch-just-landed-in-master-branch/5117):
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> For those adventurous Zig users out there living on master branch, and who happen to use Linux, give the new --watch flag a try, and see if you like it. Windows and macOS support are close, just needs some OS-specific glue code to make it work. I’m fairly confident the abstractions that I made will hold up nicely when it comes to those file system APIs since it’s based on watching directories only. Contributions welcome! The way I see it, the end goal here is having incremental compilation +…

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