Nodemon: Nodemon not restarting if main file has no extension

[aalexgabi]

I have a js file without extension and when it's content changes nodemon doesn't restart it. I saw that we can specify file extension list but shouldn't the main file be supported with a shebang?

Any ideas how to fix this?

[remy]

It's not a great answer, if this is a node project, you can give it an extension, and just alias inside of your package.json (the same way nodemon does). If it's not…im not sure. Sorry.

[aalexgabi]

I fould a workaround:

$ nodemon --watch file-without-extension file-without-extension

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[entozoon]

This problem does still exist. The workaround is fine but it is an unexpected problem regardless

[yanicakj]

@aalexgabi The issue with that workaround is nodemon will no longer watch parent directories (using --watch /bin/www appears files outside bin are not watched).

[mholtzhausen]

I created some node-based githooks and was using nodemon to rerun on changes. I added a lib folder with some shared code.
when I run nodemon -w .githooks/ .githooks/pre-commit nodemon catches changes in .githooks/* but does not restart when .githooks/pre-commit is changed

I then tried nodemon -w .githooks/pre-commit. This sees changes to .githooks/pre-commit but nothing else.

I then tried nodemon -w .githooks/pre-commit -w .githooks/ .githooks/pre-commit. This sees changes to .githooks/* but not changes to .githooks/pre-commit

Frustrating...

[entozoon]

So it should be re-opened, right?

[remy]

Happy to reopen with a PR.