Holds a configuration for turbowatch
to
watch local dependencies changing through node_modules
.
It will first run buildDependenciesScript
, then after that's finished the
first time, it will run devScript
.
apps/my-app/dev.js
import { turbowatchLocalNodeModules } from '@alexaegis/turbowatch';
import { watch } from 'turbowatch';
void (async () => {
await watch(
await turbowatchLocalNodeModules({
buildDependenciesScript: 'build:dependencies',
devScript: 'dev_',
}),
);
})();
It's using an IIFE because turbowatch does not understand top-level awaits
When using with turbo, it's important that turbo
cannot invoke itself. (In
older versions of turbo it was allowed but worked wonky, since then it's
actively prohibited) So when starting your app, start the invokation from
turbowatch
apps/my-app/package.json
{
"scripts": {
"build:dependencies": "turbo run build-lib_ --filter my-app",
"dev": "turbowatch dev.js",
"dev_": "vite"
}
}
And then the interesting part of a turbo.json
. For the turbowatch
setup
specifically, only the build-lib_
task is used. Since turbowatch
through the
"build:dependencies"
npm script already takes care of building the
dependencies of the app, there's no need to start the app through turbo
. For a
more comprehensive turbo.json
file, check the one in this package's
repository.
turbo.json
{
"$schema": "https://turborepo.org/schema.json",
"tasks": {
"build-app_": {
"dependsOn": ["^build-lib_"],
"outputs": ["dist/**"]
},
"build-lib_": {
"dependsOn": ["^build-lib_"],
"outputs": ["dist/**"]
},
"dev_": {
"cache": false,
"dependsOn": ["^build-lib_"],
"persistent": true
}
}
}
I'm using separate build tasks for apps and libs, so I can skip building the app when I'm running
turbo run build-lib_ --filter my-app
, if they'd use the same script, the app would get built every time a dependency changes.
You then start your app using the "dev"
script. You can put one in your root
package.json
too, but do not forget that you can't use turbo
for this!
package.json
{
"script": {
"dev": "pnpm run --dir apps/my-app dev"
}
}