Added --interval parameter to specify the polling interval for directory/file changes.

[ashleydavis]

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[finnp]

I like this. Can you please rebase and also add this to the Readme?

[ashleydavis]

Sorry. I did make an update to the readme! For some reason it wasn't committed.

[ashleydavis]

I'm on holiday for 2 weeks now. I'll have to commit when I'm back in the office.

[ashleydavis]

Readme is updated.

[levithomason]

Before this is merged, can we set a faster default? The default watchFile interval is 5007 ms.

This is why watch has been noted as being so slow. If you simply set a default interval of 100ms the performance is dramatically increased.

[levithomason]

Suggested default of 0.1s (node default is 5.007s!):

watchTreeOpts.interval = Number(argv.interval || argv.i || 0.1) * 1000.0;

[levithomason]

Is this project maintained / will this PR be merged soon? I am willing to duplicate the branch and update it if so. Would love to have this improvement added.

cc @ashleydavis @finnp

[levithomason]

There are other libs that are super at file watching in terms of performance and cleanup. nodemon being one of them. Looking at how they pulled it off, they used paulmillr's chokidar instead of fs.watch/watchFile.

It may be worth considering a move to chokidar for performance and stability increases. Again, something I'm totally willing to help with. I really love watch, let's get it moving again!

[ashleydavis]

Feel free to fork and update my repo. I'll merge your changes. I have no idea if/when this PR will be merged back to main repo.

[levithomason]

Thanks @ashleydavis

@mikeal do you know the status of this repo?

[levithomason]

@finnp @mikeal any way we can get more contributors on this project? There are many valid issues and great PRs. I'd love to help review and merge these.

[mikeal]

I am in complete agreement, I'll add anyone with a notable change as a committer, just give me a list :)

[levithomason]

Starter list:

1. levithomason

😄

EDIT

What i'm proposing to do is review issues, review PRs, ensure tests and sanity, and run any thing by you before merging. I'll thoroughly annotate stuff for you as well.

Note, I'm a trusted contributor to https://github.com/shelljs and you can see my other work on my profile. Most of it is in orgs I belong to.

[jordanluyke]

+1

[levithomason]

...I'll add anyone with a notable change as a committer...

@mikeal not exactly sure what is meant by this.

I use watch all over the place but the 5s default watch time is killing me. I'm fully willing and able to address the stale issues and PRs on this repo if you're willing to add me.

If this project is not going to add collaborators and also not address issues/pulls please let us know so we can move on. Would much rather keep things here if possible.

cc @finnp

[levithomason]

Woop! This can be closed now, thanks to @mikeal for merging #97.