Manually restarting `ng build --watch` or `ng serve`

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When we use nodemon, for example, we can manually trigger a rebuild by typing rs to stdin and hitting return/enter.

I am wondering if there is a way to manually trigger a rebuild when using ng build --watch or ng serve. On occasion, these fail to pick up files, or fail during a bigger refactor. Instead of using ctrl-c, I am wondering if there is a way to type something into stdin.

Please explain your Question a little bit more with example. — Muhammad Ramzan, Apr 18 '18 at 16:43

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '18 at 18:25

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You just need to club them

nodemon ng build --watch

And it works in both cases, changes as well as rs manual restart

answered Apr 18 '18 at 18:25

Tarun Lalwani

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but I guess you need to configure nodemon to not watch any files, only listen for stdin? – Apr 25 '18 at 19:29
I suppose nodemon could watch some files that `ng serve` / `ng build` doesn't, and then you could really tag-team. For example, nodemon could watch `.angular-cli.json`, that would be radical. – Apr 25 '18 at 19:30
In my test it works without a problem, give it a shot – Tarun Lalwani Apr 25 '18 at 19:31
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also note this will not allow for incremental builds, and that's the problem :( – Apr 25 '18 at 19:31
I was hoping that `rs` would restart an incremental build, not kill the process and start a new one – Apr 25 '18 at 19:31
Yep, works nice but is very slow compared to simple `ng serve --watch true`. Restarts all the application, thus not suitable for Angular apps. – user1278890 Jun 16 '20 at 16:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '21 at 18:03

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Just add a space in a .ts file and save it. Adding a space to a .html file doesnt work

answered Jan 24 '21 at 18:03

Markus

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Manually restarting `ng build --watch` or `ng serve`

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