Nodemon: --debug options for nodejs get ignored when using nodemon.json

[gregorskii]

Hi there,

When using a nodemon.json file all options with --debug appear to not work using Version 1.9.1.

❯ nodemon --debug index.js
[nodemon] 1.9.1
[nodemon] reading config <PATH>/nodemon.json
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] ignoring: .git .nyc_output .sass-cache bower_components coverage <PATH>/node_modules/**/* .git ./node_modules/**/*
[nodemon] watching: *.json *.js .env .env-docker package.json
[nodemon] watching extensions: js
[nodemon] bind restart -> `osascript -e 'display notification "App restarted due to:
'$FILENAME'" with title "nodemon"'`
[nodemon] starting `node index.js --debug index.js`
[nodemon] child pid: 16618
[nodemon] watching 26 files

<APP STARTS>

Delete the nodemon.json:

❯ nodemon --debug-brk index.js
[nodemon] 1.9.1
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching: *.*
[nodemon] starting `node --debug-brk index.js`
Debugger listening on port 5858

nodemon.json:

{
    "restartable": "rs",
    "verbose": true,
    "ignore": [
        ".git",
        "./node_modules/*"
    ],
    "execMap": {
        "js": "node index.js"
    },
    "events": {
        "restart": "osascript -e 'display notification \"App restarted due to:\n'$FILENAME'\" with title \"nodemon\"'"
    },
    "watch": [
        "*.json",
        "*.js",
        ".env",
        ".env-docker",
        "package.json"
    ],
    "ext": "js"
}

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[kyleguate]

Not sure if you already discovered the solution but adding this to the nodemon config file worked for me:

"nodeArgs": ["--debug"],