node-watch - npm Package Compare versions

Comparing version 0.2.9 to 0.3.0

lib/watch.js

@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@ /**
  * Utility functions to synchronously test whether the giving path 
- * is a file or a directory.
+ * is a file or a directory or a symbolic link.
  */
 var is = (function(ret) {
-  ['file', 'dir'].forEach(function(method) {
+  var shortcuts = {
+      'file': 'File'
+    , 'dir': 'Directory'
+    , 'sym': 'SymbolicLink'
+  };
+  Object.keys(shortcuts).forEach(function(method) {
     ret[method] = function(fpath) { 
-      var suffix = ({file: 'File', dir: 'Directory'})[method];          
+      var stat = fs[method === 'sym' ? 'lstatSync' :'statSync'];
       if (fs.existsSync(fpath)) {
         memo.push(fpath, method);
-        return fs.statSync(fpath)['is' + suffix](); 
+        return stat(fpath)['is' + shortcuts[method]]();  
       }
@@ -182,2 +187,9 @@ return false;
  * 
+ * Options:
+ *   `recursive`:      Watch it recursively or not (defaults to true).
+ *   `followSymLinks`: Follow symbolic links or not (defaults to false).
+ *   `maxSymLevel`:    The max number of following symbolic links (defaults to 3). 
+ *
+ * Example: 
+ *
  *   watch('fpath', {recursive: true}, function(file) {
@@ -189,2 +201,8 @@ *     console.log(file, ' changed');
 
+  if (is.sym(fpath) 
+    && !(options.followSymLinks 
+      && options.maxSymLevel--)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   // Due to the unstalbe fs.watch(), if the `fpath` is a file then 
@@ -216,4 +234,10 @@ // switch to watch its parent directory instead of watch it directly.
 
-// Expose.
-module.exports = handleOptions(watch, {recursive: true});
+/**
+ * Set default options and expose.
+ */ 
+module.exports = handleOptions(watch, {
+    recursive: true
+  , followSymLinks: false
+  , maxSymLevel: 3
+});
 

package.json

 {
     "name": "node-watch" 
-  , "version": "0.2.9"
+  , "version": "0.3.0"
   , "description": "fs.watch() wrapper of Nodejs "
@@ -9,2 +9,5 @@ , "url": "https://github.com/yuanchuan/node-watch"
   , "keywords": ["nodewatch", "watch", "watchfile"]
+  , "bugs": {
+      "url": "https://github.com/yuanchuan/node-watch/issues"
+    }
   , "repository": {
@@ -11,0 +14,0 @@ "type": "git"

README.md

 #Node-watch
 
-This module will watch a directory recursively by default while trying to solve several problems caused by the native fs.watch():
+This module will watch a directory **recursively** by default while trying to solve several problems when using the native [fs.watch()](http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_watch_filename_options_listener):
 
+1. When modifying a file inside a watched directory, the callback function will be triggered multiple times caused by junkie files generated by the editor; 
+2. when modifying a watched single file, the callback function will only be triggered one time and then it is unwatched.
 
-1. When modifying a file inside a watched directory, the callback function will be triggered multiple times; 
-2. when modifying a watched file with an editor like vim, the callback function will only be triggered one time and then it is unwatched.
-
-
 In current version it does not differentiate event like "rename" or "delete". Once there is a change, the callback function will be triggered.
@@ -30,8 +28,15 @@
 
-  `recursive`: [ true | fase ]  --  If watch recursively or not. True by default.
+`recursive`:Watch it recursively or not (defaults to **true**). 
 
+`followSymLinks`: Follow symbolic links or not (defaults to **false**).
+
+`maxSymLevel`: The max number of following symbolic links, in order to prevent circular links (defaults to **3**). 
+
+
+#### Usage
+
 ```js
-watch('somedir', { recursive: false }, function(filename) {
+watch('somedir', { recursive: false, followSymLinks: true }, function(filename) {
   console.log(filename, ' changed.');
 });
 ```

New alerts

License Policy Violation

License

This package is not allowed per your license policy. Review the package's license to ensure compliance.

Found 1 instance in 1 package

Fixed alerts

License Policy Violation

License

This package is not allowed per your license policy. Review the package's license to ensure compliance.

Found 1 instance in 1 package

No bug tracker

Maintenance

Package does not have a linked bug tracker in package.json.

Found 1 instance in 1 package

Improved metrics

Total package byte prevSize

8393

increased by14.75%

Number of package files

8

increased by60%

Lines of code

213

increased by14.52%

Number of low maintenance alerts

0

decreased by-100%

Number of lines in readme file

42

increased by13.51%

No dependency changes