FileWatch 👀

Automatically run your commands each time you save a file.

Because TDD with mix test.watch is awesome🎉

• https://hex.pm/packages/file_watch
• https://hexdocs.pm/file_watch/FileWatch.html

Usage

Prerequisites

• On Linux you may need to install inotify-tools.
• On Windows you need to install inotifywait.exe.

Installation

Install escript from hex or github,
(if you use asdf, after following. Don't forget to do asdf reshim elixir)

mix escript.install hex file_watch # Or mix escript.install github pojiro/file_watch

Or install from source build,

git clone https://github.com/pojiro/file_watch.git
cd file_watch
mix do escript.build, escript.install

Get config template

config template, .fwatch.exs, will be generated under CWD. configuration details are described in it.

fwatch --config-template

Start watch

fwatch

Acknowledgment

FileWatch uses or refs the following OSS and so on,

• uses FileSystem for detecting file has been touched
• refs mix test.watch for architecture
• refs Phoenix live-reload for debounce

Other Info

I didn't know about fswatch until I developed FileWatch. If FileWatch doesn't fit your needs, please check out fswatch.

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Copyright © 2022 Ryota Kinukawa