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Polling option for file watch to support usage in WSL 2 #405

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Command line parameters:
* `--https=PATH` - PATH to a HTTPS configuration module
* `--https-module=MODULE_NAME` - Custom HTTPS module (e.g. `spdy`)
* `--proxy=ROUTE:URL` - proxy all requests for ROUTE to URL
* `--poll` - use polling to watch files
* `--help | -h` - display terse usage hint and exit
* `--version | -v` - display version and exit

Expand All @@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ var params = {
wait: 1000, // Waits for all changes, before reloading. Defaults to 0 sec.
mount: [['/components', './node_modules']], // Mount a directory to a route.
logLevel: 2, // 0 = errors only, 1 = some, 2 = lots
middleware: [function(req, res, next) { next(); }] // Takes an array of Connect-compatible middleware that are injected into the server middleware stack
middleware: [function(req, res, next) { next(); }], // Takes an array of Connect-compatible middleware that are injected into the server middleware stack
poll: true // When true, will use polling to watch files.
};
liveServer.start(params);
```
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions index.js
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Expand Up @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ LiveServer.start = function(options) {
var middleware = options.middleware || [];
var noCssInject = options.noCssInject;
var httpsModule = options.httpsModule;
var poll = options.poll || false;

if (httpsModule) {
try {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ LiveServer.start = function(options) {
}
// Setup file watcher
LiveServer.watcher = chokidar.watch(watchPaths, {
usePolling: poll,
ignored: ignored,
ignoreInitial: true
});
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion live-server.js
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Expand Up @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var opts = {
proxy: [],
middleware: [],
logLevel: 2,
poll: false
};

var homeDir = process.env[(process.platform === 'win32') ? 'USERPROFILE' : 'HOME'];
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -146,8 +147,12 @@ for (var i = process.argv.length - 1; i >= 2; --i) {
opts.middleware.push(arg.substring(13));
process.argv.splice(i, 1);
}
else if (arg === "--poll") {
opts.poll = true;
process.argv.splice(i, 1);
}
else if (arg === "--help" || arg === "-h") {
console.log('Usage: live-server [-v|--version] [-h|--help] [-q|--quiet] [--port=PORT] [--host=HOST] [--open=PATH] [--no-browser] [--browser=BROWSER] [--ignore=PATH] [--ignorePattern=RGXP] [--no-css-inject] [--entry-file=PATH] [--spa] [--mount=ROUTE:PATH] [--wait=MILLISECONDS] [--htpasswd=PATH] [--cors] [--https=PATH] [--https-module=MODULE_NAME] [--proxy=PATH] [PATH]');
console.log('Usage: live-server [-v|--version] [-h|--help] [-q|--quiet] [--port=PORT] [--host=HOST] [--open=PATH] [--no-browser] [--browser=BROWSER] [--ignore=PATH] [--ignorePattern=RGXP] [--no-css-inject] [--entry-file=PATH] [--spa] [--mount=ROUTE:PATH] [--wait=MILLISECONDS] [--htpasswd=PATH] [--cors] [--https=PATH] [--https-module=MODULE_NAME] [--proxy=PATH] [--poll] [PATH]');
process.exit();
}
else if (arg === "--test") {
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