From fc3a453f5bd73a85b98b52fd356a57e1b290aa60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sujai Kumar Gupta <b210031@nitsikkim.ac.in>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:31:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Watch core for changes if KDS option is provided

---
 packages/kolibri-tools/lib/cli.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/kolibri-tools/lib/cli.js b/packages/kolibri-tools/lib/cli.js
index e87ffbb7b3c..3eb4071ebe7 100755
--- a/packages/kolibri-tools/lib/cli.js
+++ b/packages/kolibri-tools/lib/cli.js
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ program
     }
     if (options.watchonly.length) {
       const unwatchedBundles = [];
+      // Watch core for changes if KDS option is provided; all KDS components are linked to core.
+      if (options.requireKdsPath && !options.watchonly.includes('core')) {
+        options.watchonly.push('core');
+      }
       const findModuleName = bundleDatum => {
         return !options.watchonly.some(m => bundleDatum.module_path.includes(m));
       };