fix(mobile): skip initial fs watcher notification

android/app/src/main/java/com/logseq/app/FsWatcher.java

@@ -201,9 +201,11 @@ public class FsWatcher extends Plugin {
 
         @Override
         public void run() {
+            this.tick(false); // skip initial notification
+
             while (!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) {
                 try {
-                    this.tick();
+                    this.tick(true);
                     Thread.sleep(2000); // The same as iOS fswatcher, 2s interval
                 } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                     // e.printStackTrace();
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ public class FsWatcher extends Plugin {
 
         }
 
-        private void tick() {
+        private void tick(boolean shouldNotify) {
             Map<String, SimpleFileMetadata> newMetaDb = new HashMap();
 
             Stack<String> paths = new Stack();
@@ -241,7 +243,12 @@ public class FsWatcher extends Plugin {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            this.updateMetaDb(newMetaDb);
+
+            if (shouldNotify) {
+                this.updateMetaDb(newMetaDb);
+            } else {
+                this.metaDb = newMetaDb;
+            }
         }
 
         private void updateMetaDb(Map<String, SimpleFileMetadata> newMetaDb) {

ios/App/App/FsWatcher.swift

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class FsWatcher: CAPPlugin, PollingWatcherDelegate {
             self.baseUrl = url
             self.watcher = PollingWatcher(at: url)
             self.watcher?.delegate = self
+            self.watcher?.start()
 
             call.resolve(["ok": true])
 
@@ -167,15 +168,19 @@ public class PollingWatcher {
 
     public init?(at: URL) {
         url = at
-
+    }
+    
+    public func start() {
+        
+        self.tick(notify: false)
+        
         let queue = DispatchQueue(label: Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier! + ".timer")
         timer = DispatchSource.makeTimerSource(queue: queue)
         timer!.setEventHandler(qos: .background, flags: []) { [weak self] in
-            self?.tick()
+            self?.tick(notify: true)
         }
         timer!.schedule(deadline: .now())
         timer!.resume()
-
     }
 
     deinit {
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@ public class PollingWatcher {
         timer = nil
     }
 
-    private func tick() {
+    private func tick(notify: Bool) {
         // let startTime = DispatchTime.now()
 
         if let enumerator = FileManager.default.enumerator(
@@ -223,7 +228,11 @@ public class PollingWatcher {
                 }
             }
 
-            self.updateMetaDb(with: newMetaDb)
+            if notify {
+                self.updateMetaDb(with: newMetaDb)
+            } else {
+                self.metaDb = newMetaDb
+            }
         }
 
         // let elapsedNanoseconds = DispatchTime.now().uptimeNanoseconds - startTime.uptimeNanoseconds

src/main/frontend/fs/watcher_handler.cljs

@@ -122,18 +122,18 @@
     (let [dir (config/get-repo-dir graph)]
       (p/let [files (fs/readdir dir :path-only? true)]
         (doseq [file files]
-          (when-let [ext (util/get-file-ext file)]
+          (when-let [_ext (util/get-file-ext file)]
             (->
-            (when-not (fs-util/ignored-path? dir file)
-              (p/let [content (fs/read-file dir file)
-                      stat (fs/stat dir file)
-                      type (if (db/file-exists? graph file)
-                             "change"
-                             "add")]
-                (handle-changed! type
-                                 {:dir dir
-                                  :path file
-                                  :content content
-                                  :stat stat})))
-            (p/catch (fn [error]
-                       (js/console.dir error))))))))))
+             (when-not (fs-util/ignored-path? dir file)
+               (p/let [content (fs/read-file dir file)
+                       stat (fs/stat dir file)
+                       type (if (db/file-exists? graph file)
+                              "change"
+                              "add")]
+                 (handle-changed! type
+                                  {:dir dir
+                                   :path file
+                                   :content content
+                                   :stat stat})))
+             (p/catch (fn [error]
+                        (js/console.dir error))))))))))