Installation
OSX
brew install watchexec
Rust
cargo install watchexec
For Linux and Windows, get it from GitHub releases.
Getting started
watchexec --exts js,jsx -- npm test
Runs npm test
when js,jsx
files change.
watchman -w lib -w test -- npm test
Runs npm test
when lib/
and test/
files change.
Other options
Flags
-c --clear |
Clear screen |
-r --restart |
Restart process if its still running |
Options
-s --signal SIGKILL |
Kill signal to use |
-d --debounce MS |
Debounce by MS milliseconds |
-e --exts EXTS |
Extensions |
-i --ignore PATTERN |
Ignore these files |
-w --watch PATH |
Watch these directories |
Also see
- mattgreen/watchexec (github.com)