From d59b24bd6f3baec72d0a450b9138ca4edf8fe7d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GriffinR <griffin.g.richards@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:32:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid potential crash if file watching resources are
 exhausted

---
 src/project.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/project.cpp b/src/project.cpp
index 0b9ee75e..aea178a5 100644
--- a/src/project.cpp
+++ b/src/project.cpp
@@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ bool Project::watchFile(const QString &filename) {
     if (!this->fileWatcher) {
         // Only create the file watcher when it's first needed (even an empty QFileSystemWatcher will consume system resources).
         this->fileWatcher = new QFileSystemWatcher(this);
+        if (!this->fileWatcher) return false;
         QObject::connect(this->fileWatcher, &QFileSystemWatcher::fileChanged, this, &Project::recordFileChange);
     }