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Development: reduce the number of files watched by `nodemon`
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Description
In theory, nodemon should watch only 779,
root@716db483de08:/usr/src/app/checkouts/readthedocs.org# find ./readthedocs -type f -name '*.py' | wc -l
779
but it says it's watching ~5k:
web_1 | [nodemon] watching 4989 files
Related #160
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the nodemon configuration in the repository and the details in related issue #160. Compare the configured watch scope with the 779 Python files shown in the issue, and consider the work done when nodemon reports watching substantially fewer files without losing the needed files.
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- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- 35/100