Reload on dotenv hidden files

[brauliobo]

The default ignore pattern doesn't allow to reload on .env files of https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv

[alexch]

Unfortunately, all files beginning with dot are ignored. This is a limitation of the file-change-monitoring library we're using -- I'm not sure if it's inside the Listen gem itself, or lower down inside fsevent or whatever. If you happen to research this, please let me know what you find. Learn more at https://github.com/guard/listen#listen-adapters

[brauliobo]

I've used before the listen gem to watch the .env files

[alexch]

Good point! Here is the line where we add all dotfiles to the ignore list:

https://github.com/alexch/rerun/blob/master/lib/rerun/watcher.rb#L86

I believe I did this in order to match the shell-glob behavior (where * matches everything except dotfiles). Why didn't I ever add a --no-ignore-dotfiles option? I have a dim memory that I couldn't get it to work consistently across different adapters, but that may have been fixed once I moved over to using the Listen backend.

It shouldn't be difficult to implement; the hard(ish) part will be to write tests demonstrating the desired behavior and testing it across different adapters/platforms.

There's also this dude to reckon with: https://github.com/guard/listen/blob/master/lib/listen/silencer.rb

[alexch]

Okay, I think I did it. I'll reopen this issue until I get confimation from you. Can you please try the master branch? https://github.com/alexch/rerun#installation-via-gemfile--bundler has instructions for using prerelease versions.