diff --git a/pastebin/Cargo.toml b/pastebin/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "pastebin"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/pastebin/src/main.rs b/pastebin/src/main.rs
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+++ b/pastebin/src/main.rs
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+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}
diff --git a/watchdir/Cargo.toml b/watchdir/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/watchdir/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "iroh-watchdir"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.83"
+bytes = "1.6.0"
+crossbeam-channel = "0.5.12"
+futures = "0.3.30"
+iroh = "0.16.2"
+jwalk = "0.8.1"
+notify = "6.1.1"
+tokio = "1.37.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3.10.1"
diff --git a/watchdir/src/main.rs b/watchdir/src/main.rs
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+++ b/watchdir/src/main.rs
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+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use iroh::docs::DocTicket;
+
+mod sync;
+
+use crate::sync::async_watch;
+
+/// Async, futures channel based event watching
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let path = std::env::args()
+        .nth(1)
+        .expect("Argument 1 needs to be a path");
+
+    let mut doc_ticket = None;
+    if let Some(ticket) = std::env::args().nth(2) {
+        let ticket = iroh::docs::DocTicket::from_str(ticket.as_str())?;
+        doc_ticket = Some(ticket);
+    }
+    println!("watching {}", path);
+
+    let path = std::path::PathBuf::from(&path);
+    let iroh_path = path.join(".iroh");
+    let node = iroh::node::Node::persistent(iroh_path)
+        .await?
+        .spawn()
+        .await?;
+
+    let doc = open_or_create_document(&node, doc_ticket).await?;
+    let author = node.authors.create().await?;
+
+    tokio::spawn(async_watch(path, doc, author)).await??;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn open_or_create_document(
+    node: &iroh::client::MemIroh,
+    ticket: Option<DocTicket>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<iroh::client::MemDoc> {
+    let doc = match ticket {
+        Some(ticket) => {
+            println!("importing ticket: {:?}", ticket);
+            node.docs.import(ticket).await?
+        }
+        None => {
+            let doc = node.docs.create().await?;
+            let ticket = doc
+                .share(
+                    iroh::client::docs::ShareMode::Write,
+                    iroh::base::node_addr::AddrInfoOptions::Relay,
+                )
+                .await?;
+            println!(
+                "created new doc {:?} write ticket:\n{:?}",
+                doc.id(),
+                ticket.to_string()
+            );
+            doc
+        }
+    };
+    Ok(doc)
+}
diff --git a/watchdir/src/sync.rs b/watchdir/src/sync.rs
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+use std::{
+    path::{Component, Path, PathBuf},
+    sync::mpsc::channel,
+};
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use iroh::docs::AuthorId;
+use iroh::{client::MemDoc as Doc, docs::store::Query};
+use jwalk::WalkDir;
+use notify::{Config, Event, FsEventWatcher, RecommendedWatcher, RecursiveMode, Watcher};
+
+// reconcile performs a full, one-time sync of the filesystem with the doc
+async fn reconcile(doc: Doc, base_path: &str, author: AuthorId) -> Result<()> {
+    // walk the filesystem
+    for entry in WalkDir::new(base_path).sort(true) {
+        let path = entry?.path();
+        if path.is_file() {
+            let relative = path.strip_prefix(base_path)?;
+            let key = canonicalized_path_to_bytes(relative, true)?;
+
+            let query = Query::single_latest_per_key()
+                .key_exact(key.clone())
+                .build();
+            match doc.get_one(query).await? {
+                Some(_) => {
+                    // doc.update_file(path).await?;
+                    // TODO - compare hashes and update if necessary
+                }
+                None => {
+                    // doc.create_file(path).await?;
+                    let abs_path = path.canonicalize()?;
+                    doc.import_file(author, key, &abs_path, true)
+                        .await?
+                        .finish()
+                        .await?;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // walk the document
+    let query = Query::single_latest_per_key().build();
+    let mut res = doc.get_many(query).await?;
+    while let Some(entry) = res.next().await {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        let key = String::from_utf8_lossy(entry.key()).to_string();
+        let path = PathBuf::from(base_path).join(key);
+        // TODO - add an empty entry check
+        if !path.exists() {
+            // doc.delete(key).await?;
+            doc.export_file(entry, path, iroh::blobs::store::ExportMode::TryReference)
+                .await?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// update applies incremental changes to the doc from the filesystem
+pub(crate) async fn update(_doc: Doc, _event: Event) -> Result<()> {
+    todo!("update");
+    // let mut doc = Doc::from(doc);
+    // let mut path = path;
+    // let mut events = watchdir::watch(path.clone()).await?;
+    // while let Some(event) = events.next().await {
+    //     match event {
+    //         watchdir::Event::Create(path) => {
+    //             let path = path.strip_prefix(&path).unwrap();
+    //             let path = path.to_str().unwrap();
+    //             doc.create(path).await?;
+    //         }
+    //         watchdir::Event::Delete(path) => {
+    //             let path = path.strip_prefix(&path).unwrap();
+    //             let path = path.to_str().unwrap();
+    //             doc.delete(path).await?;
+    //         }
+    //         watchdir::Event::Modify(path) => {
+    //             let path = path.strip_prefix(&path).unwrap();
+    //             let path = path.to_str().unwrap();
+    //             doc.modify(path).await?;
+    //         }
+    //         watchdir::Event::Rename(old, new) => {
+    //             let old = old.strip_prefix(&path).unwrap();
+    //             let old = old.to_str().unwrap();
+    //             let new = new.strip_prefix(&path).unwrap();
+    //             let new = new.to_str().unwrap();
+    //             doc.rename(old, new).await?;
+    //         }
+    //     }
+    // }
+    // Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn async_watcher() -> Result<(
+    FsEventWatcher,
+    std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<notify::Result<Event>>,
+)> {
+    // let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(1000);
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
+    let tx_2 = tx.clone();
+    // // use the pollwatcher and set a callback for the scanning events
+    // let watcher = PollWatcher::with_initial_scan(
+    //     move |watch_event| {
+    //         let tx_2 = tx_2.clone();
+    //         // tx_2.blocking_send(Message::Event(watch_event)).unwrap();
+    //         tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+    //             println!("watch_event: {:?}", &watch_event);
+    //             tx_2.send(Message::Event(watch_event)).unwrap();
+    //         });
+    //     },
+    //     Config::default(),
+    //     move |scan_event| {
+    //         // tx_3.blocking_send(Message::Scan(scan_event));
+    //         let tx_3 = tx_3.clone();
+    //         println!("scan_event: {:?}", &scan_event);
+    //         tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+    //             if let Err(err) = tx_3.send(Message::Scan(scan_event)) {
+    //                 println!("send error: {:?}", err);
+    //             }
+    //         });
+    //     },
+    // )?;
+
+    // let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+    // let (mut tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(1);
+
+    // let tx_c = tx.clone();
+    // // use the pollwatcher and set a callback for the scanning events
+    // let mut watcher = PollWatcher::with_initial_scan(
+    //     move |watch_event| {
+    //         (|| async {
+    //             tx_c.send(Message::Event(watch_event)).await.unwrap();
+    //         });
+    //         // tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || async {
+    //         //     tx_c.send(Message::Event(watch_event)).await.unwrap();
+    //         // });
+    //     },
+    //     Config::default(),
+    //     move |scan_event| {
+    //         tokio::task::block_in_place(|| async {
+    //             tx.send(Message::Scan(scan_event)).await.unwrap();
+    //         });
+    //     },
+    // )?;
+
+    // // Automatically select the best implementation for your platform.
+    // // You can also access each implementation directly e.g. INotifyWatcher.
+    let watcher = RecommendedWatcher::new(
+        move |res| {
+            let tx = tx_2.clone();
+            tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+                tx.send(res).unwrap();
+            });
+        },
+        Config::default(),
+    )?;
+
+    Ok((watcher, rx))
+}
+
+pub async fn async_watch<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+    path: P,
+    doc: iroh::client::MemDoc,
+    author: iroh::docs::AuthorId,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let (mut watcher, rx) = async_watcher().await?;
+
+    // start with a reconciliation
+    reconcile(doc.clone(), path.as_ref().to_str().unwrap(), author).await?;
+
+    // Add a path to be watched. All files and directories at that path and
+    // below will be monitored for changes.
+    watcher.watch(path.as_ref(), RecursiveMode::Recursive)?;
+
+    loop {
+        let res = rx.recv()?;
+        match res {
+            Ok(event) => {
+                println!("event: {:?}", event);
+                // update(doc.clone(), event).await?;
+                println!("event: {:?}", event);
+                for path in event.paths {
+                    let path = path.canonicalize()?;
+
+                    // skip .iroh directory
+                    if path
+                        .components()
+                        .any(|c| c == Component::Normal(".iroh".as_ref()))
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if path.is_file() {
+                        // let key = canonicalized_path_to_bytes(&path, true)?;
+                        let key = bytes::Bytes::from(path.display().to_string());
+                        doc.import_file(author, key, &path, true)
+                            .await?
+                            .finish()
+                            .await?;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("watch error: {:?}", e);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// This function converts an already canonicalized path to a string.
+///
+/// If `must_be_relative` is true, the function will fail if any component of the path is
+/// `Component::RootDir`
+///
+/// This function will also fail if the path is non canonical, i.e. contains
+/// `..` or `.`, or if the path components contain any windows or unix path
+/// separators.
+fn canonicalized_path_to_bytes(
+    path: impl AsRef<Path>,
+    must_be_relative: bool,
+) -> anyhow::Result<bytes::Bytes> {
+    let mut path_str = String::new();
+    let parts = path
+        .as_ref()
+        .components()
+        .filter_map(|c| match c {
+            Component::Normal(x) => {
+                let c = match x.to_str() {
+                    Some(c) => c,
+                    None => return Some(Err(anyhow::anyhow!("invalid character in path"))),
+                };
+
+                if !c.contains('/') && !c.contains('\\') {
+                    Some(Ok(c))
+                } else {
+                    Some(Err(anyhow::anyhow!("invalid path component {:?}", c)))
+                }
+            }
+            Component::RootDir => {
+                if must_be_relative {
+                    Some(Err(anyhow::anyhow!("invalid path component {:?}", c)))
+                } else {
+                    path_str.push('/');
+                    None
+                }
+            }
+            _ => Some(Err(anyhow::anyhow!("invalid path component {:?}", c))),
+        })
+        .collect::<anyhow::Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
+    let parts = parts.join("/");
+    path_str.push_str(&parts);
+    let path_bytes = bytes::Bytes::from(path_str);
+    Ok(path_bytes)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_reconcile() -> Result<()> {
+        // TODO: Add test cases for the reconcile function
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let node = iroh::node::Node::memory().spawn().await?;
+        let doc = node.docs.create().await?;
+        let author = node.authors.create().await?;
+
+        doc.set_bytes(author, "test/from/doc.txt", bytes::Bytes::from("hello"))
+            .await?;
+
+        tokio::fs::write(dir.path().join("local_path"), b"hello from fs").await?;
+        reconcile(doc.clone(), dir.path().to_str().unwrap(), author).await?;
+
+        assert_doc_keys(doc.clone(), vec!["local_path", "test/from/doc.txt"]).await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn assert_doc_keys(doc: Doc, keys: Vec<&str>) -> Result<()> {
+        let query = Query::single_latest_per_key().build();
+        let mut res = doc.get_many(query).await?;
+        let mut doc_keys = vec![];
+        while let Some(entry) = res.next().await {
+            let entry = entry?;
+            let key = String::from_utf8_lossy(entry.key()).to_string();
+            doc_keys.push(key);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(doc_keys, keys);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}