https://github.com/loov/watchrun

Watch your files and run your programs.
https://github.com/loov/watchrun

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Watch your files and run your programs.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/loov/watchrun
• Owner: loov
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-12-22T11:00:50.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-01T10:24:19.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-31T08:12:15.065Z (9 days ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 3.76 MB
• Stars: 88
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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`watchrun` is a command-line utility to monitor a directory and run a command

when any file in that directory changes. It excludes temporary and hidden files

that start with `.` or `~` or end with `~`.

To install from source:

```

go get github.com/loov/watchrun

```

Example usage:

```

$ watchrun "go build -o example.exe . == ./example.exe"

```

_Note: directly using `watchrun go run main.go`, doesn't kill the compiled program automatically, which may cause problems, if you have a server listening._

Then you can test with:

```

$ echo package main; main(){ println("hello") } > main.go

$ echo package main; main(){ println("world") } > main.go

```

You can explicitly specify which folder or file to watch with `-monitor`:

```

$ watchrun -monitor ../../  "go build -o example.exe . == ./example.exe"

$ watchrun -monitor main.go "go build -o example.exe . == ./example.exe"

```

You can run multiple commands in succession with `==` (instead of the usual `&&`). For example:

```

$ watchrun go build -i . == myproject

```

## Usage

```

Usage of watchrun:

  -ignore string

        ignore files/folders that match these globs (default "~*;.*;*~;*.exe")

  -interval duration

        interval to wait between monitoring (default 300ms)

  -monitor string

        files/folders/globs to monitor (default ".")

  -recurse

        when watching a folder should recurse (default true)

  -verbose

        verbose output

```