diff --git a/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh b/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh
index 363f9dc0e41..1d33e418015 100755
--- a/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh
+++ b/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fi
 stop_daemon_delete_repo () {
 	r=$1 &&
 	test_might_fail git -C $r fsmonitor--daemon stop &&
-	rm -rf $1
+	rm -rf $r
 }
 
 start_daemon () {
@@ -72,6 +72,34 @@ start_daemon () {
 	)
 }
 
+IMPLICIT_TIMEOUT=5
+
+wait_for_update () {
+	func=$1 &&
+	file=$2 &&
+	sz=$(wc -c < "$file") &&
+	last=0 &&
+	$func &&
+	k=0 &&
+	while test "$k" -lt $IMPLICIT_TIMEOUT
+	do
+		nsz=$(wc -c < "$file")
+		if test "$nsz" -gt "$sz"
+		then
+			if test "$last" -eq "$nsz"
+			then
+				cat "$file" &&
+				return 0
+			fi
+			last=$nsz
+		fi
+		sleep 1
+		k=$(( $k + 1 ))
+	done &&
+	cat "$file" &&
+	return 0
+}
+
 # Is a Trace2 data event present with the given catetory and key?
 # We do not care what the value is.
 #
@@ -137,7 +165,6 @@ test_expect_success 'implicit daemon start' '
 # machines (where it might take a moment to wake and reschedule the
 # daemon process) to avoid false alarms during test runs.)
 #
-IMPLICIT_TIMEOUT=5
 
 verify_implicit_shutdown () {
 	r=$1 &&
@@ -373,6 +400,15 @@ create_files () {
 	echo 3 >dir2/new
 }
 
+rename_directory () {
+	mv dirtorename dirrenamed
+}
+
+rename_directory_file () {
+	mv dirtorename dirrenamed &&
+	echo 1 > dirrenamed/new
+}
+
 rename_files () {
 	mv rename renamed &&
 	mv dir1/rename dir1/renamed &&
@@ -427,10 +463,12 @@ test_expect_success 'edit some files' '
 
 	start_daemon --tf "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
-	edit_files &&
+	wait_for_update edit_files "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
 	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
 
+	test_might_fail git fsmonitor--daemon stop &&
+
 	grep "^event: dir1/modified$"  .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: dir2/modified$"  .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: modified$"       .git/trace &&
@@ -442,10 +480,12 @@ test_expect_success 'create some files' '
 
 	start_daemon --tf "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
-	create_files &&
+	wait_for_update create_files "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
 	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
 
+	test_might_fail git fsmonitor--daemon stop &&
+
 	grep "^event: dir1/new$" .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: dir2/new$" .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: new$"      .git/trace
@@ -456,10 +496,12 @@ test_expect_success 'delete some files' '
 
 	start_daemon --tf "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
-	delete_files &&
+	wait_for_update delete_files "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
 	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
 
+	test_might_fail git fsmonitor--daemon stop &&
+
 	grep "^event: dir1/delete$" .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: dir2/delete$" .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: delete$"      .git/trace
@@ -470,10 +512,12 @@ test_expect_success 'rename some files' '
 
 	start_daemon --tf "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
-	rename_files &&
+	wait_for_update rename_files "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
 	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
 
+	test_might_fail git fsmonitor--daemon stop &&
+
 	grep "^event: dir1/rename$"  .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: dir2/rename$"  .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: rename$"       .git/trace &&
@@ -487,23 +531,42 @@ test_expect_success 'rename directory' '
 
 	start_daemon --tf "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
-	mv dirtorename dirrenamed &&
+	wait_for_update rename_directory "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
 	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
 
+	test_might_fail git fsmonitor--daemon stop &&
+
 	grep "^event: dirtorename/*$" .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: dirrenamed/*$"  .git/trace
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rename directory file' '
+	test_when_finished clean_up_repo_and_stop_daemon &&
+
+	start_daemon --tf "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
+
+	wait_for_update rename_directory_file "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
+
+	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
+
+	test_might_fail git fsmonitor--daemon stop &&
+
+	grep "^event: dirtorename/*$" .git/trace &&
+	grep "^event: dirrenamed/*$"  .git/trace &&
+	grep "^event: dirrenamed/new$"  .git/trace
+'
 test_expect_success 'file changes to directory' '
 	test_when_finished clean_up_repo_and_stop_daemon &&
 
 	start_daemon --tf "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
-	file_to_directory &&
+	wait_for_update file_to_directory "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
 	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
 
+	test_might_fail git fsmonitor--daemon stop &&
+
 	grep "^event: delete$"     .git/trace &&
 	grep "^event: delete/new$" .git/trace
 '
@@ -513,10 +576,12 @@ test_expect_success 'directory changes to a file' '
 
 	start_daemon --tf "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
-	directory_to_file &&
+	wait_for_update directory_to_file "$PWD/.git/trace" &&
 
 	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
 
+	test_might_fail git fsmonitor--daemon stop &&
+
 	grep "^event: dir1$" .git/trace
 '
 
@@ -561,7 +626,7 @@ test_expect_success 'flush cached data' '
 	test-tool -C test_flush fsmonitor-client query --token "builtin:test_00000002:0" >actual_2 &&
 	nul_to_q <actual_2 >actual_q2 &&
 
-	grep "^builtin:test_00000002:0Q$" actual_q2 &&
+	grep "^builtin:test_00000002:[0-1]Q$" actual_q2 &&
 
 	>test_flush/file_3 &&
 
@@ -732,7 +797,8 @@ u_values="$u1 $u2"
 for u in $u_values
 do
 	test_expect_success "unicode in repo root path: $u" '
-		test_when_finished "stop_daemon_delete_repo $u" &&
+		test_when_finished \
+		"stop_daemon_delete_repo `echo "$u" | sed 's:x:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\x:g'`" &&
 
 		git init "$u" &&
 		echo 1 >"$u"/file1 &&
@@ -823,8 +889,7 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule setup' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'submodule always visited' '
-	test_when_finished "git -C super fsmonitor--daemon stop; \
-			    rm -rf super; \
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf super; \
 			    rm -rf sub" &&
 
 	create_super super &&
@@ -871,10 +936,29 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule always visited' '
 # the submodule, and someone does a `git submodule absorbgitdirs`
 # in the super, Git will recursively invoke `git submodule--helper`
 # to do the work and this may try to read the index.  This will
-# try to start the daemon in the submodule.
+# try to start the daemon in the submodule *and* pass (either
+# directly or via inheritance) the `--super-prefix` arg to the
+# `git fsmonitor--daemon start` command inside the submodule.
+# This causes a warning because fsmonitor--daemon does take that
+# global arg (see the table in git.c)
+#
+# This causes a warning when trying to start the daemon that is
+# somewhat confusing.  It does not seem to hurt anything because
+# the fsmonitor code maps the query failure into a trivial response
+# and does the work anyway.
+#
+# It would be nice to silence the warning, however.
 
-test_expect_success "submodule absorbgitdirs implicitly starts daemon" '
-	test_when_finished "rm -rf super; \
+have_t2_error_event () {
+	log=$1
+	msg="fsmonitor--daemon doesnQt support --super-prefix" &&
+
+	tr '\047' Q <$1 | grep -e "$msg"
+}
+
+test_expect_success "stray submodule super-prefix warning" '
+	test_when_finished "git -C super/dir_1/dir_2/sub fsmonitor--daemon stop; \
+			    rm -rf super; \
 			    rm -rf sub;   \
 			    rm super-sub.trace" &&
 
@@ -891,31 +975,21 @@ test_expect_success "submodule absorbgitdirs implicitly starts daemon" '
 
 	test_path_is_dir super/dir_1/dir_2/sub/.git &&
 
-	cwd="$(cd super && pwd)" &&
-	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
-	Migrating git directory of '\''dir_1/dir_2/sub'\'' from
-	'\''$cwd/dir_1/dir_2/sub/.git'\'' to
-	'\''$cwd/.git/modules/dir_1/dir_2/sub'\''
-	EOF
 	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$PWD/super-sub.trace" \
-		git -C super submodule absorbgitdirs >out 2>actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual &&
-	test_must_be_empty out &&
+		git -C super submodule absorbgitdirs &&
 
-	# Confirm that the trace2 log contains a record of the
-	# daemon starting.
-	test_subcommand git fsmonitor--daemon start <super-sub.trace
+	! have_t2_error_event super-sub.trace
 '
 
 # On a case-insensitive file system, confirm that the daemon
 # notices when the .git directory is moved/renamed/deleted
-# regardless of how it is spelled in the FS event.
+# regardless of how it is spelled in the the FS event.
 # That is, does the FS event receive the spelling of the
 # operation or does it receive the spelling preserved with
 # the file/directory.
 #
 test_expect_success CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS 'case insensitive+preserving' '
-	test_when_finished "stop_daemon_delete_repo test_insensitive" &&
+#	test_when_finished "stop_daemon_delete_repo test_insensitive" &&
 
 	git init test_insensitive &&
 
@@ -927,8 +1001,8 @@ test_expect_success CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS 'case insensitive+preserving' '
 	test_path_is_dir test_insensitive/.git &&
 	test_path_is_dir test_insensitive/.GIT &&
 
-	# Rename .git using an alternate spelling to verify that
-	# the daemon detects it and automatically shuts down.
+	# Rename .git using an alternate spelling to verify that that
+	# daemon detects it and automatically shuts down.
 	mv test_insensitive/.GIT test_insensitive/.FOO &&
 
 	# See [1] above.
