https://github.com/amitsingh-007/webpack-watch-external-files-plugin

Webpack plugin to watch external files
https://github.com/amitsingh-007/webpack-watch-external-files-plugin

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Webpack plugin to watch external files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/amitsingh-007/webpack-watch-external-files-plugin
• Owner: amitsingh-007
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-05-18T17:00:35.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-01-01T15:24:25.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-06T00:40:34.585Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: npm, npm-package, watch-external-files, webpack, webpack-plugin
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-watch-external-files-plugin
• Size: 360 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 6
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md

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Webpack Watch External Files Plugin

  
A Webpack Plugin having zero dependencies which allows you to watch external files which are not included in the webpack build. It triggers a webpack build if any external file changes.



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## Install

```bash

npm install webpack-watch-external-files-plugin --save-dev

# or

yarn add webpack-watch-external-files-plugin --dev

```

## Usage

```js

// webpack.config.js:

const WatchExternalFilesPlugin = require('webpack-watch-external-files-plugin');

module.exports = {

  plugins: [

    new WatchExternalFilesPlugin({

      files: ['/path/**/*.js', '/path/tofile.txt', '!./src/**/*.json'],

    }),

  ],

};

```

# Options

```js

new WatchExternalFilesPlugin({

  files: [],

});

```

- files[`list`] - a list of files or glob patterns