stop_watching

Stop the background file watcher for a project

Overview

Stops the background file watcher that was started by index_codebase with watch=True. Has no effect if no watcher is active for the given path.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
path	string	required	Absolute path to the project that is currently being watched

Example

stop_watching("/path/to/myproject")
→ "Stopped watching /path/to/myproject"

Notes

• Watcher state is persisted to ~/.vecgrep/watched.json and restored on server restart
• Calling stop_watching removes the project from the persisted watch list
• If the path is not currently watched, the call returns without error