Alternative: Deno.fsEvents

[mikaello]

The new function Deno.fsEvents can watch file changes:

const iter = Deno.fsEvents("./mod.ts");

for await (const event of iter) {
  console.log(">>>> event", event); //e.g. { kind: "modify", paths: [ "/Users/mikaello/mod.ts" ] }
}

and possibly make the implementation in this repo simpler, or even replace it completely.

UPDATE: fsEvents is renamed to watchFs.

[konsumer]

Or watchFs:

const watcher = Deno.watchFs(Deno.cwd());

for await (const event of watcher) {
  console.log(event); // { kind: "modify", paths: [ "/Users/konsumer/denodemo/watch.ts" ] }
}

This example is from the docs

[mikaello]

@konsumer great catch, Deno.watchFs is actually the same function, it recently changed name (I just figured out) :-)

[jinjor]

Sorry for the delay. Just updated the doc to inform people to use the new API instead.
Thank you!