๐ vite-plugin-watch-and-run
Adding watch mode to any command / Tool!
Installation
npm i -D vite-plugin-watch-and-run
Configuration
Add watchAndRun
plugin with the following configuration:
watch
: a glob pattern to watch for changes. This will be matched against the absolute path for altered files.run
: a command to trigger when a file change is detected (You can be very creative ๐ฅณ!)
import path from 'path'import { watchAndRun } from 'vite-plugin-watch-and-run'import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
export default defineConfig({ plugins: [ watchAndRun([ { name: 'gen', watch: path.resolve('src/**/*.(gql|svelte)'), run: 'npm run gen' // watchKind: ['add', 'change', 'unlink'], // (default) // delay: 300 // (default) } ]) ]}
Side Notes
-
Full list of
watchKind
can be found here: https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar#api -
delay
is good in case you have 200 files added realy fast! Like this the cmd is executed only once. -
For the
run
command we recommend to usenpm run xxx
as it will work fornpm
,yarn
andpnpm
๐ -
watch
infos- You can use glob patterns to watch for changes under the root directory.
{ watch: path.resolve('**/*.ts')}
- You can use absolute path to watch for changes on a specific file on your machine. Thatโs useful if you want to watch for changes on a file that is in your monorepo for example!
{ watch: path.resolve('../../README.md')}
- You can also go with
watchFile
that is a function that will be called with the filepath. Inside, you can decide what to do.