Can we watch files in node_modules?

[trusktr]

I'm trying something like this:

five-server . --watch='dist,**/dist/,examples' --open=./examples

hoping that **/dist/ will cover any dist/ folders in node_modules (I have projects npm linked into node_modules). It doesn't work.

Is there a way?

[yandeu]

Unfortunately node_modules is hard coded to be ignored.

five-server/src/index.ts

Line 568 in a7093d7

'**/node_modules/**',

[yandeu]

But, you can do it programmatically:

import chokidar from 'chokidar'
import pkg from 'five-server'

const { default: FiveServer } = pkg
const fiveServer = new FiveServer()

fiveServer.start({ open: './examples', watch: false })

const watcher = chokidar.watch(['**/dist/**', 'examples'])

watcher.on('all', (event, path) => {
  fiveServer.reloadBrowserWindow()
})

[trusktr]

Would be nice to pass something simple to CLI. That's an easy enough workaround. Thanks!