Required modules don't get cleared from cache

[demisx]

I have a simple module:

// in app/modules/session/app-token.js
var AppToken, config, uuid;
uuid = require('node-uuid');
config = require('../../config');

module.exports = AppToken = (function() {
  var generateSecureToken;

  function AppToken() {
    this.token = generateSecureToken();
    this.expires = config.get('appTokenExpires');
  }

  generateSecureToken = function() {
    console.log("---> Generating secure token...");
    return uuid.v4();
  };

  return AppToken;
})();

with a corresponding Jasmine unit test:

// in app/modules/session/app-token-spec.js
var AppToken;
AppToken = require('./app-token');

describe('AppToken', function() {
  return it("generates uuid version 4 token", function() {
    var appToken, regex;
    appToken = new AppToken();
    console.log("appToken: " + appToken.token);
    regex = '[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}';
    expect(appToken.token).toMatch(regex);
  });
});

The nodemon is restarted on a change to a *.js file and the 'unit' task is run.

// in gulfile.js
... ... ...
gulp.task('unit', function () {
  return gulp.src(['app/**/*-spec.js'])
    .pipe(using())
    .pipe(jasmine());
});

gulp.task('watch-unit', function() {
  gulp.watch('app/**/*-spec.js', ['unit']);
});

gulp.task('restart-node', function () {
  nodemon(
    {
      // verbose: true,
      script: 'app/app.js',
      watch: 'app/',
      ext: 'js',
      ignore: ['*-spec.*'],
      env: { 'NODE_ENV': 'development' }
    }
  )

  .on('change', ['unit'])
  .on('restart', function () {
    console.log('restarted!')
  });

gulp.task('watch', ['watch-coffee', 'watch-unit', 'restart-node']);
gulp.task('default', ['watch']);

The problem I am facing is that changes to the module app-token.js aren't picked when tests are run up unless I shutdown and restart gulp. My guess that the module is cached because of this
require line in the spec:

AppToken = require('./app-token');

If I require it this way, then everything works as expected:

requireUncached = require('require-uncached');
AppToken = requireUncached('./app-token');

What can be done, so the changes in the modules are automatically picked up? Thank you.

[qw3r]

+1

[navelpluisje]

Last June I did a Pull request which would solve this issue.
Sindresorhus closed it without doing anything with it. You can take a look #21 or read an article about this issue on http://navelpluisje.nl/entry/fix-cache-problem-jasmine-tests-with-gulp.

I hope he will take another look at the pull request and add the mod anyway.

[sindresorhus]

Fixed in #21