Apollo-tooling: Is it possible to add --watch parameter to 're-generate' types on every file change?

[pie6k]

I think it'd be good dev-experience:

1. I write some query using gql in my eg. React component.
2. I save the file
3. I'm instantly able to import just created query type interface that was just generated.

[martijnwalraven]

Yeah, I agree, that is definitely the experience we'd want. I'd like to move features out of apollo-codegen and into a common package we can share with other tools however, and this also seems like a good candidate for that. We may also be able to integrate with graphql-language-service.

[FredyC]

Any progress on this? I don't have anything to contribute right now, but it would be lovely to have something that.

[bmayen]

We're currently doing this by starting a fs watch in npm scripts. The problem is, we're using gql literal tags in our ts so we have to watch */.ts and regenerate on every file change, even if no graphql stuff actually changes. Would be really nice if this could instead be handled intelligently by codegen.

[martijnwalraven]

We're starting to look into this, and I have some experimental code that I need to get in better shape first, but I definitely hope we can make this part of codegen.

[pie6k]

Hey @martijnwalraven , do you think it can be implemented anywhere soon?

[pie6k]

I don't want to look insistent, but it'd be really cool to have it @martijnwalraven :) if I can help you in any way, let me know

[alexk111]

Would be really awesome to have the watch in apollo-cli! If there is some blocking issue with implementing it or any help needed please let the community know :)