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watch

Creates a completion server and rebuilds the project on source file changes.
Requires Haxe 4.2+

Usage

lix +lib watch

Append the library to the haxe build command:

haxe build.hxml -lib watch

Important: Do not add this library to any hxml or config read by your IDE, autocompletion will not function.

Alternatively, just run it:

lix watch build.hxml # (requires lix 15.11+)

Defines

All of these are optional.

Define	Description
`-D watch.run=(string)`	command to execute on successful builds
`-D watch.port=(integer)`	use this port for the completion server
`-D watch.connect`	connect to a running completion server (use with `watch.port`)
`-D watch.excludeRoot`	exclude watching the root directory (see #3)
`-D watch.exclude=(string)`	exclude this path from the watcher (can be repeated for multiple paths)
`-D watch.include=(string)`	include this path in the watcher (can be repeated for multiple paths)
`-D watch.verbose`	extra log before and after every build

Example

Compiles test.js and runs the scripts with node on successful builds.

haxe --main Main --library hxnodejs --js test.js --library watch -D watch.run="node test.js"

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It does not always work with the PHP compilation target

No matter how hard I try, I can't get this library to work properly.

On CentOS 8, only the first build is triggered, the next builds are not triggered: I successfully get the "Build completed in Xs" message when launching the command (i.e. haxe build.hxml -lib watch or lix watch build.hxml), but if I modify a file, no further build is launched.

On Windows 10, the command either exits or fails:

haxe build.hxml -lib watch: no "Build completed in Xs" message.
lix watch build.hxml: results in Failed to invoke 'haxelib run-dir watch [...]/haxe_libraries/watch/0.0.5/haxelib build.hxml' because Error: Command failed: haxelib run-dir watch [...]/haxe_libraries/watch/0.0.5/haxelib build.hxml.

Any idea how to make it work?
My environment: Haxe 4.2.4 with lix 15.11.4 and watch 0.0.5.

running hashlink after watch won't close previous hl process

Hello,

I'm using watch to start a hl process after the build:

haxe compile.hxml -lib watch -D watch.excludeRoot -D watch.run="hl hello.hl"

It works well, on file save it's built again and a new hl process is executed, but it will keep the previous hl process running (in my case a windows created with heaps.io).

Is there any solution to close the process invoked with watch.run before running it again?

If no I'm happy to contribute

Thanks

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