dnx-watch

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With dnx --watch, when a file changed, dnx would exit and you had to restart it manually.

dnx-watch is a file watcher for dnx. It replaces dnx --watch and it restarts the process.

How to install

dnu commands install Microsoft.Dnx.Watcher

You might need to pass --fallbacksource https://myget.org/F/aspnetvnext/api/v3/index.json if you don't have that feed in the global NuGet config.

Then the dnx-watch command will become available.

How to use

dnx-watch <arguments>

Example:

• To run the command kestrel in the current folder: dnx-watch kestrel
• To run the command kestrel in a different folder: dnx-watch --project C:\myproject --dnx-args kestrel
• To run the command kestrel in a different folder with extra arguments: dnx-watch --project C:\myproject --dnx-args kestrel arg1 arg2

Remarks

• Everything after --dnx-args is passed to dnx and ignored by the watcher.
• The watcher always passes--project to dnx. Do not pass it as a --dnx-args argument.
• Known issues and future features: https://github.com/aspnet/dnx-watch/issues

For comments, concerns and discussions, use the thread in the dnx-watch repo