Can't watch one file?

[reggi]

I found it odd that I couldn't watch just one file, I have to watch a whole dir.

[finnp]

Why not use http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_watch_filename_options_listener if you are are only watching one file?

[garygreen]

+1 would like to watch a single file but can't seem ? (trying by CLI)

[jonataswalker]

Same reason I found this issue. +1

[ajmesa9891]

It would be very useful to watch only one file using the CLI. +1

[divmgl]

+1 any update on this?

To answer @finnp, some configurations would benefit from this. For instance, my current configuration has an index.js file and a src file. If I were to change index.js, watch would not trigger a event.

watch "npm run js" index.js src

I may open a pull request.

[luochen1990]

+1 I think not only one file but also a glob expr should be accepted by the cli.
since we often need something like this:

watch "coffee -c *.coffee" *.coffee

[tomwidmer]

N.B. watch-run supports single files and globs, i.e.:

watch-run -p myfile "cp myfile dist/"
watch-run -p *.coffee "coffee -c *.coffee"

(just mentioning it since it appears watch isn't particularly actively maintained, and I found an alternative)

[luochen1990]

@tomwidmer thx

[tnguyen14]

@rgherk were you gonna create a PR for your implementation?

[roopemerikukka]

+1 for this

[sarukuku]

+1 from me too! Are you planning on implementing this or are we waiting for nothing? I'm asking as this conversation has now been open since Dec 10, 2014.

[levithomason]

@sarukuku it's a +1 from me and likely most watch users out there. I'm a contributor here and the plans are always to make everything is great as it can be. I don't have time at present. PRs absolutely welcome.

[sarukuku]

@levithomason ofc, good to hear that this has been noted and that the issue isn't "dead". I'd like to help in fixing this but I think this kind of issue is out of my league. :)