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Expose recursive parameter of WatchTree through WatchOptions

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
backend, distributed-systems

Research direction

Start in libkv/store.go and inspect WatchOptions alongside the existing WatchTree behavior. Trace how a Watch call handles key and child-key watching, then expose the recursive option through WatchOptions so one Watch call can provide the same capability. Done means callers can request recursive watching without using WatchTree.

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Description

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Watches can be used to watch recursively over a set of keys and their child keys. This should be exposed through libkv using a single Watch call instead of having to rely on an additional specialized WatchTree.

We can do this by setting a WatchOptions with a Recursive parameter in libkv/store.go.

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