tsc: watch mode doesn't discover new files

[dbaeumer]

• tsconfig with watch: true
• start tsc
• add a new file

Observe: it is not transpiled.

[mhegazy]

looks like another place where we should use the new node watch APIs: see #4643

[alexeagle]

+1 to have this soon. Is it for 1.7 like in #5076 or for 1.8 like here?

[zhengbli]

@alexeagle these two issues are both for 1.7

[dsebastien]

+1 to have this soon(er), this is annoying :)

[mhegazy]

@dbaeumer can you give latest a try?

[jmls]

Hmm - I'm using 2.0.10 and tsc -w does not spot new files. If I ctrl-c and restart, it then transpiles

[zhengbli]

@jmls Can you provide the following info:

• your os
• your node version
• are you using a network mounted file system?
• if possible, a small project that repros the issue.

[jmls]

Of course.

node: 4.6.1, 7.0.0 and 7.2.0
os: c9.io, running ubuntu 4.2.0-c9 #2 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

demo project at https://github.com/jmls/tsc-watch

I've created a new file by copying in the shell (cp part1.ts part2.ts) and creating a new file in the ide