tsx in vs code debugger watching the dist files rather than the src ts file for changes

[RahulBadenkal]

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Minimal reproduction URL

https://stackblitz.com/edit/node-i1hqro

Problem & expected behavior (under 200 words)

Setup (same as attached stackblitz link)

main.ts

type Name = string;

export const sayHello = (name: Name) => {
  console.log('Hello', name);
}

sayHello('World');

esbuild.config.mjs

import { build } from 'esbuild';
import { resolve } from 'path';


await build({
  entryPoints: [resolve(process.cwd(), 'main.ts')],
  outfile: resolve(process.cwd(), 'dist', 'index.mjs'),
  bundle: true,
  platform: 'node',
  format: 'esm',
  minify: false,
  sourcemap: true,
  external: ["node_modules/*"]
})

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
      {
        "name": "current file",
        "type": "node",
        "request": "launch",
  
        // Debug current file in VSCode
        "program": "${file}",
  
        /*
         * Path to tsx binary
         * Assuming locally installed
         */
        "runtimeExecutable": "tsx",
        "runtimeArgs": ["watch", "--inspect"],
  
        /*
         * Open terminal when debugging starts (Optional)
         * Useful to see console.logs
         */
        "console": "integratedTerminal",
        "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen",
  
        // Files to exclude from debugger (e.g. call stack)
        "skipFiles": [
          // Node.js internal core modules
          "<node_internals>/**",
  
          // Ignore all dependencies (optional)
          "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/**"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }

Steps to reproduce

1. Run the app via the vs code debugger, make changes, the changes reflect and the debugger restarts -> working as expected
   

2. Now run the build node esbuild.config.js. It produces dist/index.mjs. Now run the program via the debugger again, instead of watching main.ts, its logs say its watching dist/index.mjs, which it should not. Thus any change i make in main.ts is not causing the debugger to refresh
   

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