Build Watch Mode
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Description
Like:
wxt build --watch
Originally posted by @zouhangwithsweet in https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/discussions/483
This would be useful for developing against Firefox MV3. Need to make sure only the entrypoints that changed are rebuilt.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- 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 running wxt build --watch and tracing the build command and its entrypoint handling. The change is done when watch mode supports Firefox MV3 development and rebuilds only the entrypoints affected by a change.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100