From 3350ae651d527ea54a63f08b1a1d9bf94278b3ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gani Georgiev <gani.georgiev@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 10:45:48 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] return filepath.SkipDir instead of nil for excluded dir
 entries

---
 CHANGELOG.md         | 6 ++++--
 plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5500f565..d0240b07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-## v0.39.2 (WIP)
+## v0.39.2
 
 - Fixed records list UI sorting ([#7724](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7724)).
 
 - Don't clear the date input on invalid value while still typing ([#7726](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7726)).
 
-- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.52.0 ([SQLite 3.53.2](https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_53_2.html)).
+- Return `filepath.SkipDir` in the `pb_hooks` dirs watcher to avoid unnecessery iterating over `node_modules` and `.*` prefixed hidden dirs (e.g. `.DS_store`, `.git`, etc.).
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.52.0 ([SQLite 3.53.2](https://sqlite.org/src/timeline?from=version-3.53.0&to=version-3.53.2&to2=branch-3.53&y=ci)).
 
 
 ## v0.39.1
diff --git a/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go b/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go
index d61aef3d..c26330aa 100644
--- a/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go
+++ b/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go
@@ -443,11 +443,16 @@ func (p *plugin) watchHooks() error {
 	//
 	// @todo replace once recursive watcher is added (https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/18)
 	dirsErr := filepath.WalkDir(watchDir, func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
-		// skip access failures, hidden directories, node_modules, etc.
-		if err != nil || !entry.IsDir() || entry.Name() == "node_modules" || strings.HasPrefix(entry.Name(), ".") {
+		// ignore access failures and non-dir entries
+		if err != nil || !entry.IsDir() {
 			return nil
 		}
 
+		// skip traversing hidden directories and node_modules
+		if strings.HasPrefix(entry.Name(), ".") || entry.Name() == "node_modules" {
+			return filepath.SkipDir
+		}
+
 		return watcher.Add(path)
 	})
 	if dirsErr != nil {