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### Resolution / Scoping

There are three configuration scopes:
There are two configuration scopes:

* **local** - the option value is read from the `.watchmanconfig` file in the
associated root.
* **global** - the option value is read from the `/etc/watchman.json` file
* **fallback** - the option value is read from the `.watchmanconfig` file.
If the option was not present in the `.watchmanconfig` file, then read
it from the `/etc/watchman.json` file.
it from the `/etc/watchman.json` file. Note that arrays are not merged.

This table shows the scoping and availability of the various options:

Option | Scope | Since version
-------|-------|--------------
`settle` | local |
`settle` | fallback |
`root_restrict_files` | global | deprecated in 3.1
`root_files` | global | 3.1
`enforce_root_files` | global | 3.1
`illegal_fstypes` | global | 2.9.8
`illegal_fstypes_advice` | global | 2.9.8
`ignore_vcs` | local | 2.9.3
`ignore_dirs` | local | 2.9.3
`gc_age_seconds` | local | 2.9.4
`gc_interval_seconds` | local | 2.9.4
`ignore_vcs` | fallback | 2.9.3
`ignore_dirs` | fallback | 2.9.3
`gc_age_seconds` | fallback | 2.9.4
`gc_interval_seconds` | fallback | 2.9.4
`fsevents_latency` | fallback | 3.2
`idle_reap_age_seconds` | local | 3.7
`idle_reap_age_seconds` | fallback | 3.7
`hint_num_files_per_dir` | fallback | 3.9
`hint_num_dirs` | fallback | 4.6
`suppress_recrawl_warnings` | fallback | 4.7
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