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A [[watch_files]] hook such as format-on-edit also fires for files git rewrote: after a rebase, checkout or pull, the next prompt runs the hook on every file git touched and leaves modified files the user never edited (discussion #14509).

mise now sets MISE_WATCH_FILES_GIT_REWRITTEN=1 for the hook's command or task when every changed file was last written before git last moved HEAD, so the hook can skip:

[[watch_files]]
patterns = ["**/*.go"]
run = '[ -n "$MISE_WATCH_FILES_GIT_REWRITTEN" ] || { IFS=:; hk fix $MISE_WATCH_FILES_MODIFIED; }'

It compares each changed file's mtime with the mtime of HEAD's reflog (.git/logs/HEAD), which git writes after updating the working tree. That keeps no state between prompts and costs a few stats, only when a hook already has matching changed files. A real edit made after the HEAD move is newer than the log, so the variable stays unset and the hook runs. Outside a git checkout it is never set. git stash pop does not move HEAD, so it is not detected (noted in the docs).

Closes discussion #14509.

Tested with a new e2e test, config/test_watch_files_git_rewritten.

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Prompt-path heuristic using reflog mtimes; behavior is opt-in via hook scripts and documented edge cases, with no auth or data-handling impact.

Overview
[[watch_files]] hooks can now tell when Git—not the user—rewrote the changed files. mise sets MISE_WATCH_FILES_GIT_REWRITTEN=1 on run and task invocations when every matching file’s mtime is at or before the latest HEAD reflog update, and the last HEAD move was not a commit. Hooks can use that to skip formatters/fixers after checkout, pull, or rebase.

Detection lives in watch_files.rs: resolve .git (including worktrees), read reflog tail to ignore commit-only HEAD moves, compare mtimes, then inject or clear the env var alongside MISE_WATCH_FILES_MODIFIED. Docs add usage, limits (stash pop/apply, mixed edits), and an e2e test config/test_watch_files_git_rewritten.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Watch-file tasks and commands can check MISE_WATCH_FILES_GIT_REWRITTEN, set to 1 when all changed files were rewritten by a Git HEAD update. It is unset for ordinary edits, commits, stash operations, or when any changed file was modified after the update.
• Documentation
  • Documented the variable’s behavior and scope, including how hooks can use it to skip work on Git-rewritten files.

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📝 Walkthrough

The watch_files hook checks watched-file timestamps against the HEAD reflog timestamp. It sets MISE_WATCH_FILES_GIT_REWRITTEN for command and task executions when the check succeeds. Documentation and an end-to-end test describe and verify the variable.

Changes: Watch-file Git rewrite detection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Detect and report Git rewrites src/watch_files.rs, e2e/config/test_watch_files_git_rewritten, docs/hooks.md	The hook checks watched-file timestamps against the HEAD reflog timestamp and sets or clears the environment variable for command or task execution. The end-to-end test checks ordinary edits, a committed edit, a branch checkout, and a later edit. The documentation describes the variable’s conditions and limitations.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant watch_files
  participant Git_HEAD_reflog
  participant Hook_execution
  participant Hook_command_or_task
  watch_files->>Git_HEAD_reflog: read reflog metadata and timestamp
  Git_HEAD_reflog-->>watch_files: return latest HEAD reflog entry
  watch_files->>Hook_execution: pass Git rewrite result
  Hook_execution->>Hook_command_or_task: set or clear MISE_WATCH_FILES_GIT_REWRITTEN

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A commit with an unusually long reflog record can cause a watch hook to skip processing a user’s edit. This is an uncommon, bounded risk; parsing the complete latest record would avoid it.

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Summary

Adds MISE_WATCH_FILES_GIT_REWRITTEN so watch-file hooks can skip files rewritten by Git.

• Watch-file hooks can tell Git rewrites from later edits.

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- Around line 139-141: At src/watch_files.rs lines 139-141, update the
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Nothing was compared, and so nothing was gated. No series appears on both sides: either the base has no measurements recorded, or the two were measured on different runner classes, which are deliberately not comparable — counts shift between machine types by more than a real regression does.

New, nothing to compare against: env on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, hook-env on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, ls on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, registry on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, startup on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143

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