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What's Changed

• fix readyCount logic by @JLHwung in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1288
• handle MustScanSubDirs by @MarcCelani-at in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1197
• update fs.FSWatcher types to satisfy nodejs versions >= 16; fixes #1299 by @ben-polinsky in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1300

New Contributors

• @Mutahhar made their first contribution in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1226
• @zqianem made their first contribution in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1242
• @JLHwung made their first contribution in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1288
• @MarcCelani-at made their first contribution in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1197
• @ben-polinsky made their first contribution in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1300

Full Changelog: https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/compare/3.5.3...3.6.0

What's Changed

• types: use correct type def for ignored option by @iheyunfei in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1140
• Update chokidar-cli link in README.md by @mcecode in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1142
• handle promise rejection when a symlink's target does not exist. Fixe… by @nicks in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1010
• fix: improve add and unwatch TypeScript definitions by @alan-agius4 in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1157
• Enable dtslinting by @alan-agius4 in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1158
• style: delete yarn.lock by @alan-agius4 in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1159

New Contributors

• @iheyunfei made their first contribution in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1140
• @mcecode made their first contribution in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1142
• @nicks made their first contribution in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1010
• @alan-agius4 made their first contribution in https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/pull/1157

Full Changelog: https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/compare/3.5.2...3.5.3

"Update" glob-parent dependency from ~5.1.0 to ~5.1.2 to silence "vulnerability" warnings

• Symlink fixes

• Support for ARM Macs with Apple Silicon.
• Fixed missing removal of symlinks when the target path was deleted (#1042)

Fixes an ability to watch network drives on windows.

• Support for directory-based symlinks.
• Fix a case on macos when replacing a file with a dir of the same name emitted invalid events.
• Fix error swallowing inside .on() event handlers
• Known issue: followSymlinks: false on macos still follows symlinked directories

FSWatcher#close() method became async. This ensures IO operations are finished properly and fixes a few segfaulty crashes.

Improve Linux RAM usage by 50%. Stability optimizations. Race condition fixes. Windows glob fixes.

Fixes "Expected pattern to be a non-empty string" (#871)