nodemon - npm Package Compare versions

Comparing version 0.4.1 to 0.5.0

nodemon.js

@@ -16,3 +16,3 @@ #!/usr/bin/env node
     oldIgnoreFilePath = './nodemon-ignore',
-    ignoreFiles = [flag, ignoreFilePath], // ignore the monitor flag by default
+    ignoreFiles = [],
     reIgnoreFiles = null,
@@ -34,2 +34,3 @@ timeout = 1000, // check every 1 second
   var ext = path.extname(app);
+  
   if (ext === '.coffee') {
@@ -62,3 +63,3 @@ node = spawn('coffee', nodeArgs);
 function startMonitor() {
-  var cmd = 'find . -type f -newer ' + flag + ' -print';
+  var cmd = 'find -L . -type f -newer ' + flag + ' -print';
 
@@ -102,2 +103,16 @@ exec(cmd, function (error, stdout, stderr) {
 
+function addIgnoreRule(line, noEscape) {
+  // remove comments and trim lines
+  
+  // this mess of replace methods is escaping "\#" to allow for emacs temp files
+  if (!noEscape) {
+    if (line = line.replace(reEscComments, '^^').replace(reComments, '').replace(reUnescapeComments, '#').replace(reTrim, '')) {
+       ignoreFiles.push(line.replace(reEscapeChars, '\\$&').replace(reAsterisk, '.*'));
+    }    
+  } else {
+    ignoreFiles.push(line);
+  }
+  reIgnoreFiles = new RegExp(ignoreFiles.join('|'));
+}
+
 function readIgnoreFile() {
@@ -108,23 +123,17 @@ fs.unwatchFile(ignoreFilePath);
   path.exists(ignoreFilePath, function(exists) {
-    if (!exists) {
+    // if (!exists) {
       // we'll touch the ignore file to make sure it gets created and
       // if Vim is writing the file, it'll just overwrite it - but also
       // prevent from constant file io if the file doesn't exist
-      fs.writeFileSync(ignoreFilePath, "\n");
-      setTimeout(readIgnoreFile, 500);
-      return;
-    }
+      // fs.writeFileSync(ignoreFilePath, "\n");
+      // setTimeout(readIgnoreFile, 500);
+      // return;
+    // }
     
     sys.log('[nodemon] reading ignore list');
     
-    ignoreFiles = [flag, ignoreFilePath];
-    fs.readFileSync(ignoreFilePath).toString().split(/\n/).forEach(function (line) {
-      // remove comments and trim lines
-      
-      // this mess of replace methods is escaping "\#" to allow for emacs temp files
-      if (line = line.replace(reEscComments, '^^').replace(reComments, '').replace(reUnescapeComments, '#').replace(reTrim, '')) {
-         ignoreFiles.push(line.replace(reEscapeChars, '\\$&').replace(reAsterisk, '.*'));
-      }
-    });
-    reIgnoreFiles = new RegExp(ignoreFiles.join('|'));
+    // ignoreFiles = ignoreFiles.concat([flag, ignoreFilePath]);
+    addIgnoreRule(flag);
+    addIgnoreRule(ignoreFilePath);
+    fs.readFileSync(ignoreFilePath).toString().split(/\n/).forEach(addIgnoreRule);
 
@@ -136,3 +145,18 @@ fs.watchFile(ignoreFilePath, { persistent: false }, readIgnoreFile);
 function usage() {
-  sys.print('usage: nodemon [--debug] [your node app]\ne.g.: nodemon ./server.js localhost 8080\nFor details see http://github.com/remy/nodemon/\n\n');
+  sys.print([
+    'usage: nodemon [options] [script.js] [args]',
+    'e.g.: nodemon script.js localhost 8080',
+    '',
+    'Options:',
+    '  --js               monitor only JavaScript file changes',
+    '                     (default if ignore file not found)',
+    '  -d n, --delay n    throttle restart for "n" seconds',
+    '  --debug            enable node\'s native debug port',
+    '  -v, --version      current nodemon version',
+    '  -h, --help         this usage',
+    '',
+    'Note: if the script is omitted, nodemon will try "main" from package.json',
+    '',
+    'For more details see http://github.com/remy/nodemon/\n'
+  ].join('\n'));
 }
@@ -145,3 +169,3 @@
     fn(nodeArgs[i], i);
-  } else if ((i = nodeArgs.indexOf('-' + label.substr(1))) !== -1) {
+  } else if ((i = nodeArgs.indexOf('-' + label.substr(0, 1))) !== -1) {
     fn(nodeArgs[i], i);
@@ -181,2 +205,9 @@ } else if ((i = nodeArgs.indexOf('--' + label)) !== -1) {
 
+controlArg(nodeArgs, 'js', function (arg, i) {
+  nodeArgs.splice(i, 1); // remove this flag from the arguments
+  // sys.log('[nodemon] monitoring all filetype changes');
+  addIgnoreRule('^((?!\.js$).)*$', true); // ignores everything except JS
+  app = nodeArgs[0];
+});
+
 controlArg(nodeArgs, '--debug', function (arg, i) {
@@ -210,4 +241,4 @@ nodeArgs.splice(i, 1);
 
-// Change to application dir
-process.chdir(path.dirname(app));
+// this was causing problems for a lot of people, so now not moving to the subdirectory
+// process.chdir(path.dirname(app));
 app = path.basename(app);
@@ -227,4 +258,7 @@ sys.log('[nodemon] running ' + app + ' in ' + process.cwd());
         ignoreFilePath = oldIgnoreFilePath;
+      } else {
+        // don't create the ignorefile, just ignore the flag & JS
+        addIgnoreRule(flag);
+        addIgnoreRule('^((?!\.js$).)*$', true);
       }
-      readIgnoreFile();
     });
@@ -231,0 +265,0 @@ } else {

package.json

@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ {
     "keywords": ["monitor", "development", "restart", "autoload", "reload", "terminal"],
-    "version": "0.4.1",
+    "version": "0.5.0",
     "preferGlobal" : "true",
     "main": "./nodemon"
 }

README.md

@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ # nodemon
 
-In some cases you will want to ignore some specific files, directories or file patterns, to prevent `nodemon` from prematurely restarting your application.  
+By default, if `nodemon` will only restart when a `.js` JavaScript file changes.  In some cases you will want to ignore some specific files, directories or file patterns, to prevent `nodemon` from prematurely restarting your application.
 
-The `.nodemonignore` file is automatically created in the directory that you run your application from, so that you can have application specific ignore lists. 
+You can use the [example ignore file](http://github.com/remy/nodemon/blob/master/nodemonignore.example) (note that this example file is not hidden - you must rename it to `.nodemonignore`) as a basis for your `nodemon`, but it's very simple to create your own:
 
-You can use the [example ignore file](http://github.com/remy/nodemon/blob/master/nodemonignore.example) as a basis for your `nodemon`, but it's very simple to create your own:
-
     # this is my ignore file with a nice comment at the top
@@ -61,0 +59,0 @@

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12767

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Lines of code

245

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Number of lines in readme file

74

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