Failure to detect file system changes with symlinks targeting other workspace folders

[krukroman]

Summary

Zed has problems detecting file system changes(i.e. files/folders creation/deletion/rename etc.) in symlinked folders on Linux Mint 22.1 with btrfs file system.

Steps to trigger the problem:

1. Create folder structure:

test-dir/
|- some-dir/
|- shared-dir/

mkdir -p test-dir/{some-dir,shared-dir}

2. Open test-dir in Zed

cd your-path/test-dir && zed .

3. Open Project pane in Zed
4. Create sym-link for shared-dir in some-dir

ln -sf $(pwd)/shared-dir $(pwd)/some-dir/shared-dir

5. Create file file.txt in shared-dir through terminal

touch ./shared-dir/file.txt

6. Look at Project pane.
   Zed will detect changes in sym-link some-dir/shared-dir and file.txt will be displayed there, but nothing will be shown for main folder shared-dir.

7. Create a file file-2.txt through Zed in sym-link some-dir/shared-dir.

8. Look at Project pane.
   Zed will detect changes in sym-link some-dir/shared-dir and file,txt and file-2.txt will be displayed there, but nothing will be shown for main folder shared-dir.

9. Create a file-3.txt through Zed in main folder shared-dir.

10. Look at Project pane.
    Zed will detect changes in sym-link some-dir/shared-dir and all 3 files will be displayed there, but only file file-3.txt will be shown in main folder shared-dir.

11. Restart Zed

12. After restart, Zed will correctly display file structure for main shared-dir, but listed above behavior doesn't change.

13. Same behavior applies for folders and rename, delete etc. operations

Actual Behavior:
Zed doesn't detect file system changes (files/folders creation, deletion, rename etc.) for sym-linked(main) folder if changes are made in folder sym-link. Zed detects only sym-linked(main) folder file system changes if changes are made there.

Restart of Zed doesn't change listed above behavior.

Expected Behavior:
Zed detects file system changes for sym-linked(main) folder regardless of where changes were made(in main folder or sym-link) and displays them correctly.

Zed log before restart

2025-03-21T17:03:22.186703122+02:00 [INFO] ========== starting zed ==========
2025-03-21T17:03:22.199261748+02:00 [INFO] Compositor detection: _NET_WM_CM_S?=false, _NET_WM_CM_OWNER=false, _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK=true
2025-03-21T17:03:22.19935392+02:00 [INFO] x11: compositor present: true, gtk_frame_extents_supported: true
2025-03-21T17:03:22.231693825+02:00 [INFO] Presentation support: "VK_KHR_wayland_surface"
2025-03-21T17:03:22.231762005+02:00 [INFO] Presentation support: "VK_KHR_xcb_surface"
2025-03-21T17:03:22.231807715+02:00 [INFO] Presentation support: "VK_KHR_xlib_surface"
2025-03-21T17:03:22.231853771+02:00 [INFO] Enabling Vulkan Portability
2025-03-21T17:03:22.231894147+02:00 [INFO] Enabling color space support
2025-03-21T17:03:22.243937204+02:00 [INFO] Adapter: "NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030"
2025-03-21T17:03:22.244028709+02:00 [INFO] No ray tracing extensions are supported
2025-03-21T17:03:22.26750275+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.267595707+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.267679361+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.267763586+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.267816698+02:00 [INFO] Opening main db
2025-03-21T17:03:22.268481275+02:00 [INFO] new;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.268563256+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.268624164+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.268694917+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.268847186+02:00 [INFO] Opening main db
2025-03-21T17:03:22.268916538+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.269037962+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.269144263+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.269415792+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.269486234+02:00 [INFO] keep_updated;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.270154757+02:00 [INFO] Using git binary path: None
2025-03-21T17:03:22.270236223+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.271010858+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.272242739+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.272387295+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.272516972+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.272762076+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.272850929+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.272939281+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.273012681+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.298548413+02:00 [INFO] No prompt template overrides directory found at /home/user/.local/share/zed/prompt_overrides. Using built-in prompts.
2025-03-21T17:03:22.299242505+02:00 [INFO] extensions updated. loading 17, reloading 0, unloading 0
2025-03-21T17:03:22.301078178+02:00 [INFO] activate is not implemented on Linux, ignoring the call
2025-03-21T17:03:22.304425477+02:00 [INFO] Opening main db
2025-03-21T17:03:22.304802807+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.304865412+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.304922764+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.304988208+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.305935732+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.306016731+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.306096836+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.310474148+02:00 [INFO] Using Visual { id: 35, colormap: 0, depth: 32 }
2025-03-21T17:03:22.310602844+02:00 [INFO] Creating colormap 85983235
2025-03-21T17:03:22.310673997+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.311746174+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.312022324+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.312331576+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:22.315561368+02:00 [INFO] Using surface present mode FIFO_RELAXED
2025-03-21T17:03:22.366099855+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:03:22.366196837+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:03:22.366268957+02:00 [INFO] Initializing Blade pipelines for surface SurfaceInfo { format: Bgra8UnormSrgb, alpha: Ignored }
2025-03-21T17:03:22.441908281+02:00 [INFO] Refreshing at 16666 micros
2025-03-21T17:03:22.443147146+02:00 [INFO] Using GPU: GpuSpecs { is_software_emulated: false, device_name: "NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030", driver_name: "NVIDIA", driver_info: "550.120" }
2025-03-21T17:03:22.464297964+02:00 [INFO] Opening main db
2025-03-21T17:03:22.495194451+02:00 [INFO] Opening main db
2025-03-21T17:03:22.701702425+02:00 [INFO] set environment variables from shell:/usr/bin/zsh, path:/home/user/.local/zls/zig-out/bin:/home/user/.local/zig:/home/user/go/bin:/home/user/.local/go/bin:/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/bin:/home/user/.local/share/zinit/polaris/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/user/.fzf/bin
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464270208+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464382833+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464459535+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464534048+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464604246+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464656696+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464706114+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464782006+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464864922+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464932098+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.464988494+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.46507793+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.465187075+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.46526072+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.465344096+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.46572355+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.465826742+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.46661457+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.466717441+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.466800403+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.466882231+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.466959687+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.46705131+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.467140305+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.467219022+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.467314584+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.467401175+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.467968257+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.468062993+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.468167665+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.468264324+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.469452657+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.469555585+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.469657125+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.469752409+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.469843635+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.469934892+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.470053114+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.470173072+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.470899132+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.470963207+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.471028605+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.472908817+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.475951427+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.478909996+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.482675999+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.486218947+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489000131+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489118089+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489188219+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489271728+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489329238+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489412743+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489493262+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489551125+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489613168+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489694495+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489780142+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489859403+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489916521+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.489985482+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.490299746+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.490381398+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.490460831+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.491357736+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:03:27.491619398+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:21.785145333+02:00 [INFO] Using Visual { id: 35, colormap: 0, depth: 32 }
2025-03-21T17:20:21.785265911+02:00 [INFO] Creating colormap 85983262
2025-03-21T17:20:21.785318939+02:00 [INFO] considering ancestor: "/home/user/Documents/zed-test-folder/.git"
2025-03-21T17:20:21.785455098+02:00 [INFO] considering ancestor: "/home/user/Documents/.git"
2025-03-21T17:20:21.785552612+02:00 [INFO] containing git repository: None
2025-03-21T17:20:21.785841446+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory ""
2025-03-21T17:20:21.786145989+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "some-dir"
2025-03-21T17:20:21.786224157+02:00 [INFO] Using surface present mode FIFO_RELAXED
2025-03-21T17:20:21.786286539+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "shared-dir"
2025-03-21T17:20:21.852753758+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:20:21.852819684+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:20:21.852863556+02:00 [INFO] Initializing Blade pipelines for surface SurfaceInfo { format: Bgra8UnormSrgb, alpha: Ignored }
2025-03-21T17:20:21.928119751+02:00 [INFO] Refreshing at 16666 micros
2025-03-21T17:20:21.929052332+02:00 [INFO] Using GPU: GpuSpecs { is_software_emulated: false, device_name: "NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030", driver_name: "NVIDIA", driver_info: "550.120" }
2025-03-21T17:20:21.937779134+02:00 [INFO] background scanner removing path "shared-dir/file-3.txt"
2025-03-21T17:20:21.937924152+02:00 [INFO] background scanner removing path "shared-dir/file-4.txt"
2025-03-21T17:20:21.949648612+02:00 [INFO] Using surface present mode FIFO_RELAXED
2025-03-21T17:20:21.949728557+02:00 [INFO] Retaining current format: Bgra8UnormSrgb
2025-03-21T17:20:21.982327489+02:00 [INFO] attempting to start language server "cspell", path: "/home/user/Documents/zed-test-folder", id: 1
2025-03-21T17:20:21.983208923+02:00 [INFO] using project environment variables from CLI. PATH="/home/user/.local/zls/zig-out/bin:/home/user/.local/zig:/home/user/go/bin:/home/user/.local/go/bin:/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/bin:/home/user/.local/share/zinit/polaris/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/user/.fzf/bin"
2025-03-21T17:20:21.983598616+02:00 [ERROR] No path or contents found for buffer
2025-03-21T17:20:23.343196503+02:00 [INFO] starting language server process. binary path: "/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/bin/node", working directory: "/home/user/Documents/zed-test-folder", args: ["/home/user/.local/share/zed/extensions/work/cspell/node_modules/.bin/cspell-lsp", "--stdio"]
2025-03-21T17:20:26.938758269+02:00 [INFO] using project environment variables from CLI. PATH="/home/user/.local/zls/zig-out/bin:/home/user/.local/zig:/home/user/go/bin:/home/user/.local/go/bin:/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/bin:/home/user/.local/share/zinit/polaris/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/user/.fzf/bin"
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939018521+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939098019+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939177554+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939249898+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.93931604+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939378091+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939425994+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939479465+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939531285+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939608719+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.93968457+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939737861+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.93980984+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939869633+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939921851+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.939976926+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.940060368+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.940113297+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.940169223+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.940221353+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.940273382+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.940336038+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.940429035+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.940482011+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.941027396+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.941084475+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.941170122+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.941312343+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.941396171+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.94147522+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.941781749+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.942374083+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.942592981+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.942677948+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.942753637+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.942971448+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.94307355+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.943163797+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.943250155+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.943374004+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.943448847+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.9435378+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.945826743+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.948754506+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.951867176+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.955225645+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.958217273+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.96115852+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.961252628+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.961341634+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.961420976+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.961495067+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.961575762+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.961669558+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.961760767+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.961880217+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.961979567+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.962058656+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.962209977+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.962282854+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.963341345+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.963424566+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.963496141+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.963579339+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.964639621+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:26.964993946+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:20:43.571028497+02:00 [INFO] background scanner removing path "some-dir/shared-dir"
2025-03-21T17:20:43.571233897+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "some-dir/shared-dir"
2025-03-21T17:21:04.827144737+02:00 [INFO] background scanner removing path "some-dir/shared-dir/file.txt"
2025-03-21T17:21:53.44796932+02:00 [INFO] background scanner removing path "some-dir/shared-dir/file-2.txt"
2025-03-21T17:23:04.731484007+02:00 [INFO] background scanner removing path "some-dir/shared-dir/file-3.txt"
2025-03-21T17:24:10.441661633+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:24:10.455923423+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:24:10.469179743+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 256 sets
2025-03-21T17:24:10.485737349+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 256 sets

Zed log after restart

2025-03-21T17:53:47.467692929+02:00 [INFO] ========== starting zed ==========
2025-03-21T17:53:47.478356746+02:00 [INFO] Compositor detection: _NET_WM_CM_S?=false, _NET_WM_CM_OWNER=false, _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK=true
2025-03-21T17:53:47.478433376+02:00 [INFO] x11: compositor present: true, gtk_frame_extents_supported: true
2025-03-21T17:53:47.521513674+02:00 [INFO] Presentation support: "VK_KHR_wayland_surface"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.521580256+02:00 [INFO] Presentation support: "VK_KHR_xcb_surface"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.521623381+02:00 [INFO] Presentation support: "VK_KHR_xlib_surface"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.521667709+02:00 [INFO] Enabling Vulkan Portability
2025-03-21T17:53:47.521719666+02:00 [INFO] Enabling color space support
2025-03-21T17:53:47.541969246+02:00 [INFO] Adapter: "NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.542078447+02:00 [INFO] No ray tracing extensions are supported
2025-03-21T17:53:47.567231797+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.567299594+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.567366974+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.567422012+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.567480025+02:00 [INFO] Opening main db
2025-03-21T17:53:47.56808043+02:00 [INFO] new;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.568155462+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.568218565+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.568286593+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.568441841+02:00 [INFO] Opening main db
2025-03-21T17:53:47.568493177+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.568633396+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.568749124+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.568993373+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.56905929+02:00 [INFO] keep_updated;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.569700378+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.570406514+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.570661898+02:00 [INFO] Using git binary path: None
2025-03-21T17:53:47.571226261+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.571321099+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.571397846+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.571465686+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.571529229+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.571598988+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.571652704+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.592264665+02:00 [INFO] No prompt template overrides directory found at /home/user/.local/share/zed/prompt_overrides. Using built-in prompts.
2025-03-21T17:53:47.593030027+02:00 [INFO] extensions updated. loading 17, reloading 0, unloading 0
2025-03-21T17:53:47.594995095+02:00 [INFO] activate is not implemented on Linux, ignoring the call
2025-03-21T17:53:47.597959254+02:00 [INFO] Opening main db
2025-03-21T17:53:47.598159655+02:00 [INFO] perform;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.598230503+02:00 [INFO] authenticate;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.598315113+02:00 [INFO] read_command;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.598406351+02:00 [INFO] send_secondary_commands;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.59935201+02:00 [INFO] socket reader;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.599445067+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.599544272+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.604999144+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.606436357+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.606701842+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.606936686+02:00 [INFO] read_socket;
2025-03-21T17:53:47.61203528+02:00 [INFO] Using Visual { id: 35, colormap: 0, depth: 32 }
2025-03-21T17:53:47.612109356+02:00 [INFO] Creating colormap 85983235
2025-03-21T17:53:47.61215267+02:00 [INFO] considering ancestor: "/home/user/Documents/zed-test-folder/.git"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.612239888+02:00 [INFO] considering ancestor: "/home/user/Documents/.git"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.61232741+02:00 [INFO] containing git repository: None
2025-03-21T17:53:47.612543072+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory ""
2025-03-21T17:53:47.612837694+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "some-dir"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.612912244+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "shared-dir"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.613178791+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "some-dir/shared-dir"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.613306591+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "shared-dir/nested-dir-2"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.613393833+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "shared-dir/nested-dir"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.613528567+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "some-dir/shared-dir/nested-dir-2"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.613613297+02:00 [INFO] scanning directory "some-dir/shared-dir/nested-dir"
2025-03-21T17:53:47.615836717+02:00 [INFO] Using surface present mode FIFO_RELAXED
2025-03-21T17:53:47.648927617+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:53:47.649037747+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:53:47.649113915+02:00 [INFO] Initializing Blade pipelines for surface SurfaceInfo { format: Bgra8UnormSrgb, alpha: Ignored }
2025-03-21T17:53:47.674329955+02:00 [INFO] Refreshing at 16666 micros
2025-03-21T17:53:47.675691111+02:00 [INFO] Using GPU: GpuSpecs { is_software_emulated: false, device_name: "NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030", driver_name: "NVIDIA", driver_info: "550.120" }
2025-03-21T17:53:47.687978155+02:00 [INFO] Using surface present mode FIFO_RELAXED
2025-03-21T17:53:47.68804215+02:00 [INFO] Retaining current format: Bgra8UnormSrgb
2025-03-21T17:53:47.764460103+02:00 [INFO] Opening main db
2025-03-21T17:53:47.944570509+02:00 [INFO] set environment variables from shell:/usr/bin/zsh, path:/home/user/.local/zls/zig-out/bin:/home/user/.local/zig:/home/user/go/bin:/home/user/.local/go/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/home/user/.local/zls/zig-out/bin:/home/user/.local/zig:/home/user/go/bin:/home/user/.local/go/bin:/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/bin:/home/user/.local/share/zinit/polaris/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/user/.fzf/bin
2025-03-21T17:53:50.444561768+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:53:50.459633932+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 16 sets
2025-03-21T17:53:50.474367375+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 256 sets
2025-03-21T17:53:50.490982732+02:00 [INFO] Creating a descriptor pool for at most 256 sets

System info

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-55-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME H410M-K v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1631 date: 12/14/2023
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i3-10105F bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Comet Lake
    rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3843 high: 4201 min/max: 800/4400 cores: 1: 4200 2: 1348 3: 4200 4: 4200
    5: 4200 6: 4200 7: 4200 8: 4201 bogomips: 59197
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 550.120
    arch: Pascal pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 ports: active: none off: DVI-D-1 empty: HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d01 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C170 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 046d:082b class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 483x272mm (19.02x10.71") s-diag: 554mm (21.82")
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55")
    diag: 547mm (21.54") modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.120 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030/PCIe/SSE2
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-V cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a3f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C170 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 046d:082b class-ID: 0102
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-55-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111H
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 700.51 GiB used: 82.56 GiB (11.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0101 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: GOODRAM model: SSDPR-CX400-512-G2 size: 476.94 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 181 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 220.71 GiB used: 61.43 GiB (27.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3
  ID-2: /boot size: 1.91 GiB used: 203.6 MiB (10.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 975.1 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (0.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-4: /home size: 476.94 GiB used: 20.92 GiB (4.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 31.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-6:2 info: Kingston HX-KB4BL1-US [HYPERX Alloy FPS Pro] type: keyboard,mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 480mA
    chip-ID: 0951:16d2 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Logitech Webcam C170 type: video,audio driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:082b class-ID: 0102
  Device-3: 1-9:4 info: Trust GXT 117 STRIKE type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 145f:022b class-ID: 0301
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 34 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35%
Repos:
  Packages: 2174 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2160 pm: flatpak pkgs: 14
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https: //download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu noble stable
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/git-core-ppa-noble.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/git-core-ppa-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu noble main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hluk-copyq-noble.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/hluk-copyq-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/hluk/copyq/ubuntu noble main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com xia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https: //repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 4.79 GiB (30.8%)
  Processes: 348 Power: uptime: 4h 3m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 inxi: 3.3.34

Screencast (Zed left, VS Code right):

zed-screnn-cast.webm

Zed Version and System Specs

Zed: v0.178.5 (Zed)
OS: Linux X11 linuxmint 22.1
Memory: 15.5 GiB
Architecture: x86_64
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 || NVIDIA || 550.120

[Richardn2002]

This problem I encountered might be related:

As Zed lacks a "workspace" concept like in vscode, where one can add root/A root/A/B root/C as three distinct folders, and store the config as a .code-workspace file somewhere else, I am trying to recreate the effect by setting up symlinks.

They mostly work, but I find that Zed cannot detect the git repo those symlinked files/folders belong to. I tried further adding the root folder that contain the .git as another symlink, now Zed can detect the presence of the repo, but cannot detect any changes I made through the symlinks (thus the git panel would always show no changes).

[notpeter]

I am able to reproduce on ext4 on Ubuntu (inotify) and on APFS on MacOS (fseventsd):

mkdir -p /tmp/issue27271
cd $_
mkdir -p test-dir/{some-dir,shared-dir}
cd test-dir
ln -sf $(pwd)/shared-dir $(pwd)/some-dir/shared-dir
zed .
touch ./shared-dir/file.txt

Thanks for reporting.

[exalted]

This is true also within the same "workspace". Multi-buffer won't update for symlinked "copies" when the original file changes.

[github-actions]

Hi there! 👋
We're working to clean up our issue tracker by closing older bugs that might not be relevant anymore. If you are able to reproduce this issue in the latest version of Zed, please let us know by commenting on this issue, and it will be kept open. If you can't reproduce it, feel free to close the issue yourself. Otherwise, it will close automatically in 14 days.
Thanks for your help!