A smart wrapper for chokidar to facilitate file watching with enhanced features.
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smartchok
smart wrapper for chokidar
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Usage
We recommend the use of TypeScript for best in class Intellisense
import { Smartchok } from 'smartchok'
let mySmartChok = new Smartchok(['some/path/**/*.any','/absolute/*.js'], chokidarOptions)
mySmartChok.add(['/some/**/*.any']) // add files
mySmartChok.remove('some/**/*.js')
mySmartChok.start() // starts the watch process
mySmartChok.getObservableFor('change').then((observableArg) => {
observableArg.subscribe(x => {
// do something here when a change is detected
// possible events are 'add' | 'addDir' | 'change' | 'error' | 'unlink' | 'unlinkDir' | 'ready' | 'raw'
// note that the observable is only created once you call .start() on the Smartchok instance
// hence the promise construction
})
})
mySmartChok.stop()