watch

Creates a completion server and rebuilds the project on source file changes.
Requires Haxe 4.2+

Usage

lix +lib watch

Append the library to the haxe build command:

haxe build.hxml -lib watch

Important: Do not add this library to any hxml or config read by your IDE, autocompletion will not function.

Alternatively, just run it:

lix watch build.hxml # (requires lix 15.11+)

Defines

All of these are optional.

Define	Description
-D watch.run=(string)	command to execute on successful builds
-D watch.port=(integer)	use this port for the completion server
-D watch.connect	connect to a running completion server (use with watch.port)
-D watch.excludeRoot	exclude watching the root directory (see #3)
-D watch.exclude=(string)	exclude this path from the watcher (can be repeated for multiple paths)
-D watch.include=(string)	include this path in the watcher (can be repeated for multiple paths)
-D watch.verbose	extra log before and after every build

Example

Compiles test.js and runs the scripts with node on successful builds.

haxe --main Main --library hxnodejs --js test.js --library watch -D watch.run="node test.js"