how do add watch event listener to chokidar config?

[dionsaur84]

im trying to get SSR mode to restart my express server when a server side route module changes

if im using chokidar, i can do something like:

    chokidar.watch('./app/routes').on('all', (event, at) => {
        restartExpressServer();
    });

ive tried using vite-plugin-full-reload:

export default defineConfig({
    plugins: [
        react(),
        fullReload(['app/routes/**/*']),
    ],
})

while this does trigger vite to reload HMR, i do not see the changes because the express server is still serving the old code

how do i get vite to restart my express server when a route module inside the app/routes folder changes?