2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs b/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs
index 10e504d3..df49db31 100644
--- a/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::{env, fs, io};
 
-use log::{error, info};
+use log::{debug, error, info};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_yaml::mapping::Mapping;
 use serde_yaml::Value;
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ pub fn load(options: &Options) -> UiConfig {
 
 /// Attempt to reload the configuration file.
 pub fn reload(config_path: &Path, options: &Options) -> Result<UiConfig> {
+    debug!("Reloading configuration file: {:?}", config_path);
+
     // Load config, propagating errors.
     let config_options = options.config_options.clone();
     let mut config = load_from(config_path, config_options)?;
diff --git a/alacritty/src/config/monitor.rs b/alacritty/src/config/monitor.rs
index 63f7549f..305f5dfb 100644
--- a/alacritty/src/config/monitor.rs
+++ b/alacritty/src/config/monitor.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ pub fn watch(mut paths: Vec<PathBuf>, event_proxy: EventLoopProxy<Event>) {
         return;
     }
 
+    // Exclude char devices like `/dev/null`, sockets, and so on, by checking that file type is a
+    // regular file.
+    paths.retain(|path| {
+        // Call `metadata` to resolve symbolink links.
+        path.metadata().map_or(false, |metadata| metadata.file_type().is_file())
+    });
+
     // Canonicalize paths, keeping the base paths for symlinks.
     for i in 0..paths.len() {
         if let Ok(canonical_path) = paths[i].canonicalize() {