Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

File sync issues

Changes in files on your host not being reflected in the container(s) can have a few causes:

Inotify

If your files are not updating you should check the maximum permitted inotify watchers.

Text editor

The way some editors behave on save means the inumber of the file does not change, so unison does not pick up a difference and the files in your containers do not update. Notable culprits are vim and Atom. In both cases there are fixes - for example the local-history plugin for Atom forces it to behave as we need. If you have mysterious issues with files not changing in your containers and it isn't the inotify watcher limit above, check how your editor behaves.