What is the option '-r' in nodemon?

Question

Nodemon options docs don't mention anything with this. Nowhere I can find anything about the option -r.

Update

After answered this question, subsequently, another question popped up: Why use this? There is already an unanswered SO question here

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 21 '18 at 06:57

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-r is not a nodemon but a node option.

node --help says:

-r, --require=... module to preload (option can be repeated)

In your example, it was "preloading" dotenv-safe/config

edited Dec 21 '18 at 06:57

paulsm4

answered Dec 21 '18 at 06:54

LongHike

Sorry about that - we answered at the same time. To add insult to injury, I accidentally clicked the wrong ":edit" button, and added an additional note to your post, instead of mine. Apologies! My bad :( – paulsm4 Dec 21 '18 at 07:00
No problem, your answer is more concise anyway. – LongHike Dec 21 '18 at 07:02

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '18 at 06:56

You can find the nodemon CLI options using --help, or listed here:

As it happens, the -r you cited is actually a nodeJS argument, not nodemon.

Per node --help:

-r, --require module to preload (option can be repeated)

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