Watchman installation for Ubuntu 16.04

install-watchman.sh

# checkout, compile & install
git clone https://github.com/facebook/watchman.git
cd watchman/
git checkout v4.7.0
sudo apt-get install -y autoconf automake build-essential python-dev libtool
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install

# raise inotify limit
echo 999999 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches     && \
  echo 999999 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_queued_events  && \
  echo 999999 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances && \
  watchman shutdown-server

Thanks! git clone and checkout can be done in one shot with minimal depth.

Here's my docker command based on yours:

ENV WATCHMAN_VERSION v4.7.0

RUN cd /tmp \
    && git clone --branch $WATCHMAN_VERSION --depth 1 https://github.com/facebook/watchman.git \
    && cd watchman \
    && ./autogen.sh \
    && ./configure --enable-statedir=/tmp \
    && make \
    && make install \
    && rm -rf /tmp/watchman