address #3069 by using chokidar fs events #4038
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Closes #3069
Globbing for spec changes on a large codebase may take longer than the hard-coded interval of 2500ms, as specified in #3069
Using fs events from chokidar partially addresses this problem by only scanning for spec changes when the watcher sees changes, rather than polling.
#3069 (comment)