Please add a test to make sure we don't regress

Yes you're right

Now the code is also cleaner I think

the initial commit message isn't ideal btw
" change message when directory " :)

Can you just squash all commits ? (when merging)

Or I can squash them if needed :)

sure but it is still appreciated to have valid commit message. esp as github uses the first as input :)

my bad

Is-it correct now ?

GNU testsuite comparison:

Skip an intermittent issue tests/tail/inotify-dir-recreate (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)