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Watch mode

Watch mode turns a review into a continuous view of a changing source.

Start a watched review

Section titled “Start a watched review”
Terminal window
hunk diff --watch

Hunk observes direct-file and Git-backed inputs for prompt refreshes and keeps periodic polling as a fallback. It polls Jujutsu and Sapling input.

Other reopenable inputs also work:

Terminal window
hunk show HEAD~1 --watch
hunk diff before.ts after.ts --watch
hunk patch changes.patch --watch

Know what can reload

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Watch mode requires input Hunk can open again. Stdin-backed patches and stdin agent context cannot be watched:

Terminal window
# Snapshot only; --watch would fail
some-command | hunk patch -

Save changing output to a file or use a repository-backed command instead.

Refresh manually

Section titled “Refresh manually”

Press r for a reloadable review when you need an immediate refresh without continuous watch mode. A live agent can also use hunk session reload to replace the session's entire input.