Nodemon: Doesn't watch on Windows 10 x64

[mr-moon]

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node: v5.1.1                                                                                                                                                                                                               
nodemon: 1.8.1                                                                                                                                                                                                             
command: C:\Users\Alexander Moon\AppData\Local\scoop\apps\nodejs\5.1.1\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\Alexander Moon\AppData\Local\scoop\apps\nodejs\5.1.1\nodejs\node_modules\nodemon\bin\nodemon.js -e js -w lib main.js --dump
cwd: D:\Tactic\nurse.git\backend                                                                                                                                                                                           
OS: win32 x64                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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{ run: false,                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  system: { cwd: 'D:\\Tactic\\nurse.git\\backend' },                                                                                                                                                                       
  required: false,                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  dirs: [ 'D:\\Tactic\\nurse.git\\backend\\lib' ],                                                                                                                                                                         
  timeout: 1000,                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  options:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
   { watch: [ 'lib', re: /lib/ ],                                                                                                                                                                                          
     dump: true,                                                                                                                                                                                                           
     ignore:                                                                                                                                                                                                               
      [ '.git',                                                                                                                                                                                                            
        'node_modules',                                                                                                                                                                                                    
        'bower_components',                                                                                                                                                                                                
        '.sass-cache',                                                                                                                                                                                                     
        re: /\.git|node_modules|bower_components|\.sass\-cache/ ],                                                                                                                                                         
     ignoreRoot: [ '.git', 'node_modules', 'bower_components', '.sass-cache' ],                                                                                                                                            
     restartable: 'rs',                                                                                                                                                                                                    
     colours: true,                                                                                                                                                                                                        
     execMap: { py: 'python', rb: 'ruby' },                                                                                                                                                                                
     stdin: true,                                                                                                                                                                                                          
     runOnChangeOnly: false,                                                                                                                                                                                               
     verbose: false,                                                                                                                                                                                                       
     stdout: true,                                                                                                                                                                                                         
     execOptions:                                                                                                                                                                                                          
      { script: 'main.js',                                                                                                                                                                                                 
        exec: 'node',                                                                                                                                                                                                      
        args: [],                                                                                                                                                                                                          
        scriptPosition: 0,                                                                                                                                                                                                 
        nodeArgs: undefined,                                                                                                                                                                                               
        ext: 'js',                                                                                                                                                                                                         
        env: {},                                                                                                                                                                                                           
        execArgs: [] },                                                                                                                                                                                                    
     monitor:                                                                                                                                                                                                              
      [ 'D:\\Tactic\\nurse.git\\backend\\lib/**/*',                                                                                                                                                                        
        '!.git',                                                                                                                                                                                                           
        '!D:\\Tactic\\nurse.git\\backend\\node_modules/**/*',                                                                                                                                                              
        '!bower_components',                                                                                                                                                                                               
        '!.sass-cache' ] },                                                                                                                                                                                                
  load: [Function],                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  reset: [Function: reset],                                                                                                                                                                                                
  lastStarted: 0,                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  loaded: [],                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  watchInterval: null,                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  command:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
   { raw: { executable: 'node', args: [ 'main.js' ] },                                                                                                                                                                     
     string: 'node main.js' } }                                                                                                                                                                                            
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I suspect it's this:

'D:\\Tactic\\nurse.git\\backend\\lib/**/*',

Looks like this was the issue some time ago: #260

[xiaoyemei]

I'm experiencing the same issue

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Thank you for contributing <3

[robertdumitrescu]

It is still an issue. If you update from a Windows 10 64 machine a file that is being monitored in an alpine distribution in docker, nodemon doesn't restart.

[AdamBraun]

Just putting it up here for anyone who experiences the issue and cannot find a work-around.
The official docs say:

Application isn't restarting

In some networked environments (such as a container running nodemon reading across a mounted drive), you will need to use the legacyWatch: true which enables Chokidar's polling.

Via the CLI, use either --legacy-watch or -L for short:

bash nodemon -L

Though this should be a last resort as it will poll every file it can find.

[jamesattard]

@AdamBraun I confirm that the workaround works. The strange thing is that this only happens on my Windows 10 environment. Same docker and codebase don't give this problem on my other OSX environment. Is this a bug on Nodemon?

[robertdumitrescu]

No, is a missing functionality in Samba. More exactly the notify system in Linux based systems which basically monitors and propagate any change to listening applications.

[xiaozuizz]

Just putting it up here for anyone who experiences the issue and cannot find a work-around.
The official docs say:

Application isn't restarting

In some networked environments (such as a container running nodemon reading across a mounted drive), you will need to use the legacyWatch: true which enables Chokidar's polling.
Via the CLI, use either --legacy-watch or -L for short:

nodemon -L

Though this should be a last resort as it will poll every file it can find.

This works for me! Thanks！