https://github.com/davea/watch

Refreshes your browser when source files change during local development.
https://github.com/davea/watch

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Refreshes your browser when source files change during local development.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/davea/watch
• Owner: davea
• Created: 2013-10-03T19:21:23.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-07-19T16:29:42.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-15T09:14:07.325Z (12 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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watch

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Refreshes your browser when source files change during local development.

By default will refresh Chrome, but can refresh Safari too.

##Usage

    usage: watch.py [-b {chrome,safari}] path keyword

    Refresh browser tabs when local files change.

    positional arguments:

      path                  The directory to watch for changes.

      keyword               Tabs with this keyword in their URL will be refreshed.

    optional arguments:

      -b {chrome,safari}, --browser {chrome,safari}

                            Which browser to refresh.

e.g. to refresh any browser tabs with `localhost` in the URL when a source file in the current directory changes:

    watch.py . localhost

##Requirements

 * OS X

 

###Installation in a virtualenv with homebrewed Python

If you're using a homebrew-installed Python instead of the OS X-provided version, the `ScriptingBridge` module is probably not available.

To get around this, use the OS X Python when creating the virtualenv (you'll also need to enable access to system packages so `ScriptingBridge` is found):

    mkvirtualenv --system-site-packages --python=/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python watch