fix: ignore dotfiles only if not explicitly told to do so

remy · Sep 16, 2015 · 4826c87 · 4826c87
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commit 4826c87
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/monitor/watch.js b/lib/monitor/watch.js
@@ -41,9 +41,16 @@ function watch() {
 
   dirs.forEach(function (dir) {
     var promise = new Promise(function (resolve) {
+      var ignored = config.options.ignore.re;
+      var dotFilePattern = /[\/\\]\./;
+
+      // don't ignore dotfiles if explicitly watched.
+      if (!dir.match(dotFilePattern)) {
+        ignored = new RegExp(ignored.source + dotFilePattern.source);
+      }
+
       var watcher = chokidar.watch(dir, {
-        // ignore our files, but also ignore dotfiles
-        ignored: [config.options.ignore.re, /[\/\\]\./],
+        ignored: ignored,
         persistent: true,
       });