Remove the "poll" option on the watch command

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## next / unreleased
 
+### Changed
+
+* Removed the "poll" option on the watch command, since Tailwind v4 dropped support for this option (and it has been a no-op in this gem since.) #580 @flavorjones
+
+
 ### Improved
 
 * Support Rails 8.1 scaffolding which disables system tests by default. #585 @flavorjones

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Tailwind CSS for Rails
 
-[Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com) is a utility-first CSS framework packed with classes like flex, pt-4, text-center and rotate-90 that can be composed to build any design, directly in your markup.
+[Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com) is a utility-first CSS framework packed with classes like `flex`, `pt-4`, `text-center` and `rotate-90` that can be composed to build any design, directly in your markup.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> This document is specific to Tailwind v4, corresponding to v4 of this gem. If you are looking for documentation for v3, please visit to the [tailwindcss-rails v3
+README](https://github.com/rails/tailwindcss-rails/tree/v3-stable?tab=readme-ov-file).
 
 <!-- regenerate TOC with `rake format:toc` -->
 
@@ -262,12 +266,13 @@ Synopsis:
 - `bin/rails tailwindcss:install` - installs the configuration file, output file, and `Procfile.dev`
 - `bin/rails tailwindcss:build` - generate the output file
   - `bin/rails tailwindcss:build[debug]` - generate unminimized output
+  - `bin/rails tailwindcss:build[verbose]` - emit the commands being run
 - `bin/rails tailwindcss:watch` - start live rebuilds, generating output on file changes
   - `bin/rails tailwindcss:watch[debug]` - generate unminimized output
-  - `bin/rails tailwindcss:watch[poll]` - for systems without file system events
   - `bin/rails tailwindcss:watch[always]` - for systems without TTY (e.g., some docker containers)
+  - `bin/rails tailwindcss:watch[verbose]` - emit the commands being run
 
-Note that you can combine task options, e.g. `rails tailwindcss:watch[debug,poll]`.
+Note that you can combine task options, e.g. `rails tailwindcss:watch[debug,always]`.
 
 This gem also makes available a Puma plugin to manage a live rebuild process when you run `rails server` (see "Live Rebuild" section below).
 
@@ -312,14 +317,6 @@ and then running `rails server` (or just `puma`) will run the Tailwind watch pro
 
 This is a flexible command, which can be run with a few different options.
 
-If you are running `rails tailwindcss:watch` on a system that doesn't fully support file system events, pass a `poll` argument to the task to instruct tailwindcss to instead use polling:
-
-```
-rails tailwindcss:watch[poll]
-```
-
-(If you use `bin/dev` then you should modify your `Procfile.dev` to use the `poll` option.)
-
 If you are running `rails tailwindcss:watch` as a process in a Docker container, set `tty: true` in `docker-compose.yml` for the appropriate container to keep the watch process running.
 
 If you are running `rails tailwindcss:watch` in a docker container without a tty, pass the `always` argument to the task to instruct tailwindcss to keep the watcher alive even when `stdin` is closed: `rails tailwindcss:watch[always]`. If you use `bin/dev` then you should modify your `Procfile.dev`.

lib/tailwindcss/commands.rb

@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ def compile_command(debug: false, **kwargs)
         command
       end
 
-      def watch_command(always: false, poll: false, **kwargs)
+      def watch_command(always: false, **kwargs)
         compile_command(**kwargs).tap do |command|
           command << "-w"
           command << "always" if always
-          command << "-p" if poll
         end
       end
 

lib/tasks/build.rake

@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ namespace :tailwindcss do
   desc "Watch and build your Tailwind CSS on file changes"
   task watch: [:environment, :engines] do |_, args|
     debug = args.extras.include?("debug")
-    poll = args.extras.include?("poll")
     always = args.extras.include?("always")
     verbose = args.extras.include?("verbose")
 
-    command = Tailwindcss::Commands.watch_command(always: always, debug: debug, poll: poll)
+    command = Tailwindcss::Commands.watch_command(always: always, debug: debug)
     env = Tailwindcss::Commands.command_env(verbose: verbose)
     puts "Running: #{Shellwords.join(command)}" if verbose
 

test/lib/tailwindcss/commands_test.rb

@@ -111,14 +111,6 @@ def setup
       refute_includes(actual, "-p")
       refute_includes(actual, "--minify")
 
-      actual = Tailwindcss::Commands.watch_command(poll: true)
-      assert_kind_of(Array, actual)
-      assert_equal(executable, actual.first)
-      assert_includes(actual, "-w")
-      refute_includes(actual, "always")
-      assert_includes(actual, "-p")
-      assert_includes(actual, "--minify")
-
       actual = Tailwindcss::Commands.watch_command(always: true)
       assert_kind_of(Array, actual)
       assert_equal(executable, actual.first)