WSL docker volumes - file change not working

[efortes]

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.19]

I use docker on WSL and use the client to connect to the windows 10 docker (export DOCKER_HOST='tcp://0.0.0.0:2375').

On native ubuntu i'm able to run an application inside docker and mount my nodejs project to the docker container as a volume. When I change a file on my host computer the docker container gets a file update notification and the files can be refreshed with tools like nodemon ( https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodemon )

When I use WSL docker is not aware of the file changes. How can this be fixed?

[jstarks]

I believe this is an issue with Docker for Windows, not with WSL. Docker for Windows does not support filesystem notifications when running Linux containers; this is true whether you are using WSL or regular Windows as the Docker client.

See docker/for-win#56.