From a5bc1943ca26e0271e5e93497a21caca17cc1fe7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Cernek" <spam.github@cernek.cz>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:05:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [watchmedo] Exit gracefully on KeyboardInterrupt
 Exception (Ctrl+C keystroke)

Uses system exit code 130.
---
 src/watchdog/watchmedo.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/watchdog/watchmedo.py b/src/watchdog/watchmedo.py
index ff14df462..375365c2e 100755
--- a/src/watchdog/watchmedo.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/watchmedo.py
@@ -679,7 +679,11 @@ def main():
         return 1
     logging.getLogger('watchdog').setLevel(log_level)
 
-    args.func(args)
+    try:
+        args.func(args)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        return 130
+
     return 0
 
 

From 81469e9a827f3eda3f5031e96e57f3c69bdc004f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Micka=C3=ABl=20Schoentgen?= <contact@tiger-222.fr>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:34:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update changelog.rst

---
 changelog.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index b4410ca48..f182e853d 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Changelog
 
 - [inotify] Add support for ``IN_OPEN`` events: a ``FileOpenedEvent`` event will be fired. (`#941 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/941>`__)
 - [watchmedo] Add optional event debouncing for ``auto-restart``, only restarting once if many events happen in quick succession (`#940 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/940>`__)
+- [watchmedo] Exit gracefully on ``KeyboardInterrupt`` exception (Ctrl+C) (`#945 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/945>`__)
 - Thanks to our beloved contributors: @BoboTiG, @dstaple, @taleinat
 
 2.2.1