Feature Request: Windows Support

[KrisSimon]

Summary

I'd like to propose adding Windows support to FileMonitor using the ReadDirectoryChangesW Win32 API.

Motivation

FileMonitor currently supports macOS (via FSEventStream) and Linux (via inotify), but Windows is not supported. Adding Windows support would make FileMonitor a truly cross-platform file monitoring solution.

Proposed Implementation

I'm willing to contribute this feature. The implementation would follow the existing architecture:

1. New target: FileMonitorWindows containing WindowsWatcher.swift

2. Windows API: Use ReadDirectoryChangesW to monitor directory changes

3. Event mapping:

   • FILE_ACTION_ADDED → .added
   • FILE_ACTION_REMOVED → .deleted
   • FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED → .changed
   • FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_* → .deleted + .added

4. Package.swift update: Add conditional dependency for Windows

5. CI: Add Windows workflow using GitHub Actions

Technical Approach

#if os(Windows)
import WinSDK
import FileMonitorShared

public final class WindowsWatcher: WatcherProtocol {
    // Use ReadDirectoryChangesW with synchronous I/O
    // Parse FILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION structures
    // Map to FileChangeEvent enum
}
#endif

The Windows API provides native file system change notifications similar to inotify on Linux, making it a good fit for the existing architecture.

Questions

1. Would you be open to accepting a PR for this feature?
2. Any specific requirements or patterns you'd like me to follow?

Thank you for maintaining this useful library!

[omrd]

I would like to second this feature. As Swift is becoming more universal it makes sense to include Windows support.