windows backend doesn't handle cross folder renames(moves).

[unravel-dev]

If i am watching for example /some_dir
and i move

/some_dir/test.txt - > /some_dir/subdir/test.txt
instead of rename i get a

remove -> /some_dir/test.txt
modify -> /some_dir/subdir
create -> /some_dir/subdir/test.txt

This is inconsistent with for example how it works on linux with inotify backend where it correctly detects that as a rename.

[unravel-dev]

Hi any plans to work on this? Do you think it can be done?

[e-dant]

Yes, absolutely. I recently invested time into setting up a better Windows development environment. Our Windows adapter should be receiving stability updates soon.

Just finished a round of fixes slated for 0.14.4. I'm going to introduce a regression test for this issue specifically and I will try to get it fixed in the next minor release.

Thank you for your patience.

[unravel-dev]

Are you going to introduce some sort of cache to track the changes across directories. If so be careful because only caching paths may not be sufficient. Don't know how reliable the windows api is, If multiple renames happen very close to one another. For example selecting multiple files and moving them into a subfolder should correctly detect as well. Or if programatically are moved.
For example here i have a polling watcher implemented which i am aiming to replace with your one.
https://github.com/unravel-dev/UnravelEngine/blob/main/engine/core/filesystem/watchers/watcher_fallback.cpp
but i had to introduce caching of size, extension etc to be sure to map the renamed files mostly because of the polling mechanism to detect them correctly. I don't know if the windows api guarantees to report all changes(hope so).