GOMON

gomon is a tiny tool that runs a go program and watch changes on it.

gomon was originally a fork of rld

Installation

Clone the git repository and build:

$ git clone https://github.com/h4ckitt/gomon
$ cd gomon
$ make release

Or install go binary:

$ cd gomon
$ go install github.com/h4ckitt/gomon@latest

Usage

Show help text:

$ gomon -h

gomon can watch for changes in file and directories

• file:

$ gomon cmd/main.go

• file with positional arguments:

$ gomon cmd/main.go --arg1 --arg2 1 2 3 4

• project:

$ gomon path/to/project/dir

If gomon is called without arguments, it assumes the current directory is a project directory.

Operating Systems

• Linux
• MacOS
• Windows

ToDo

Contributions are very much welcome, anyone can create a PR with a fix for any of the following issues:

• Kill Previous Running Processes Before Starting A New One
• Make Killing Of Previous Process Work In Windows
• Let Users Specify Which Files To Ignore In Project Mode
• Watch For Changes In Project Directory (File Creation/Deletion/Rename)
• Fix Bugs That Stealthily Slipped From Me But Not You

Author

• @h4ckit