commercialhaskell / commercialhaskell/stack
--file-watch and --exec with running server like command does not build again
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Description
### General summary
If you run any command via the `--exec` flag which does not exit (like a server), then `--file-watch` does not build again if the files changes.
I can understand why that is, and it is probably how the implementation is - but it is counter-intuitive.
Other dev tools (like gunicorn, go's reflex) works as expected. If a file changes, even with server like commands, it rebuilds/reloads and runs the commands again.
### Steps to reproduce
1.
```
stack build --fast --exec "sleep infinity" --file-watch
```
2. Change a file in the same project
### Expected
The build happens again, and the exec command is run again.
### Actual
Nothing happens. (Because the exec command never exited)
### Stack version
```
$ stack --version
Version 1.7.1, Git revision 681c800873816c022739ca7ed14755e85a579565 (5807 commits) x86_64 hpack-0.28.2
```
### Method of installation
* Official binary, downloaded from stackage.org or fpcomplete's package repository
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PS: There is an issue #2955 . But that is different than this issue.
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