Applying .meta directives to new files

[jbanana]

I have files whose names begin with underscore and with no extension. I want them served as text/gemini so I added this to the relevant .meta file:
_*: text/gemini

This works, but if I create new files matching that pattern, they are served as application/octet-stream. When I re-start Agate, the new files switch to being served as text/gemini.

Is there a way round this besides restarting?

[Johann150]

The issue here is that the Globs (* or **) are "compiled" (i.e. expanded into all matching absolute paths) when the .meta file is read. This allows Agate to just look up the path, without having to handle pattern matching or conflicts while serving a file. This of course means better performance no matter how complicated your configuration file is. (The metadata lookup performance is O(log(n)) where n is the number of entries compiled to.)

However, the .meta file will be reread during a request, if its last modified time changes, which also recompiles the globs. And that could be done by either editing and saving the file, or by using touch(1).

[jbanana]

Thanks. Touching the .meta file fixes the problem.