I am creating a watch.json file on glitch.com, following these instructions: https://glitch.happyfox.com/kb/article/60-can-i-change-which-files-cause-my-app-to-restart/
My goal is to NOT automatically restart the browser page after every edit in JS or CSS files. Or when it does, it should throttle to reload only after 50 seconds.
{
"install": {
"include": [
"^package\\.json$",
"^\\.env$"
]
},
"restart": {
"exclude": [
"^public/",
"^dist/",
"\\.js$",
"\\.md$",
"\\.html$",
"\\.css$"
],
"include": [
"\\watch.json"
]
},
"throttle": 50000
}
Sadly, this doesn't seem to work. Any change in JS or CSS files will immediately cause a reload. What could be wrong?
The glitch project is here: https://glitch.com/edit/#!/ml5test-two
The watch.json file refers to build/restart times for full-stack apps, not browser window refreshes. You can turn off "refresh app on changes" in the project menu in the editor. See: https://help.glitch.com/kb/article/46-can-i-turn-off-or-on-automatic-refreshing-of-the-app-preview-when-i-make-changes/