[v18.x backport] cli: add --watch

doc/api/cli.md

@@ -1529,6 +1529,53 @@ on the number of online processors.
 If the value provided is larger than V8's maximum, then the largest value
 will be chosen.
 
+### `--watch`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+> Stability: 1 - Experimental
+
+Starts Node.js in watch mode.
+When in watch mode, changes in the watched files cause the Node.js process to
+restart.
+By default, watch mode will watch the entry point
+and any required or imported module.
+Use `--watch-path` to specify what paths to watch.
+
+This flag cannot be combined with
+`--check`, `--eval`, `--interactive`, or the REPL.
+
+```console
+$ node --watch index.js
+```
+
+### `--watch-path`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+> Stability: 1 - Experimental
+
+Starts Node.js in watch mode and specifies what paths to watch.
+When in watch mode, changes in the watched paths cause the Node.js process to
+restart.
+This will turn off watching of required or imported modules, even when used in
+combination with `--watch`.
+
+This flag cannot be combined with
+`--check`, `--eval`, `--interactive`, or the REPL.
+
+```console
+$ node --watch-path=./src --watch-path=./tests index.js
+```
+
+This option is only supported on macOS and Windows.
+An `ERR_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE_ON_PLATFORM` exception will be thrown
+when the option is used on a platform that does not support it.
+
 ### `--zero-fill-buffers`
 
 <!-- YAML
@@ -1829,6 +1876,8 @@ Node.js options that are allowed are:
 * `--use-largepages`
 * `--use-openssl-ca`
 * `--v8-pool-size`
+* `--watch-path`
+* `--watch`
 * `--zero-fill-buffers`
 
 <!-- node-options-node end -->

lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js

@@ -21,15 +21,12 @@ const { inspect } = require('internal/util/inspect');
 const {
   removeColors,
 } = require('internal/util');
+const colors = require('internal/util/colors');
 const {
   validateObject,
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const { isErrorStackTraceLimitWritable } = require('internal/errors');
 
-let blue = '';
-let green = '';
-let red = '';
-let white = '';
 
 const kReadableOperator = {
   deepStrictEqual: 'Expected values to be strictly deep-equal:',
@@ -169,7 +166,7 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
     // Only remove lines in case it makes sense to collapse those.
     // TODO: Accept env to always show the full error.
     if (actualLines.length > 50) {
-      actualLines[46] = `${blue}...${white}`;
+      actualLines[46] = `${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
       while (actualLines.length > 47) {
         ArrayPrototypePop(actualLines);
       }
@@ -182,7 +179,7 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
   // There were at least five identical lines at the end. Mark a couple of
   // skipped.
   if (i >= 5) {
-    end = `\n${blue}...${white}${end}`;
+    end = `\n${colors.blue}...${colors.white}${end}`;
     skipped = true;
   }
   if (other !== '') {
@@ -193,15 +190,15 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
   let printedLines = 0;
   let identical = 0;
   const msg = kReadableOperator[operator] +
-        `\n${green}+ actual${white} ${red}- expected${white}`;
-  const skippedMsg = ` ${blue}...${white} Lines skipped`;
+        `\n${colors.green}+ actual${colors.white} ${colors.red}- expected${colors.white}`;
+  const skippedMsg = ` ${colors.blue}...${colors.white} Lines skipped`;
 
   let lines = actualLines;
-  let plusMinus = `${green}+${white}`;
+  let plusMinus = `${colors.green}+${colors.white}`;
   let maxLength = expectedLines.length;
   if (actualLines.length < maxLines) {
     lines = expectedLines;
-    plusMinus = `${red}-${white}`;
+    plusMinus = `${colors.red}-${colors.white}`;
     maxLength = actualLines.length;
   }
 
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
               res += `\n  ${lines[i - 3]}`;
               printedLines++;
             } else {
-              res += `\n${blue}...${white}`;
+              res += `\n${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
               skipped = true;
             }
           }
@@ -272,7 +269,7 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
                 res += `\n  ${actualLines[i - 3]}`;
                 printedLines++;
               } else {
-                res += `\n${blue}...${white}`;
+                res += `\n${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
                 skipped = true;
               }
             }
@@ -286,8 +283,8 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
         identical = 0;
         // Add the actual line to the result and cache the expected diverging
         // line so consecutive diverging lines show up as +++--- and not +-+-+-.
-        res += `\n${green}+${white} ${actualLine}`;
-        other += `\n${red}-${white} ${expectedLine}`;
+        res += `\n${colors.green}+${colors.white} ${actualLine}`;
+        other += `\n${colors.red}-${colors.white} ${expectedLine}`;
         printedLines += 2;
       // Lines are identical
       } else {
@@ -306,8 +303,8 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
     }
     // Inspected object to big (Show ~50 rows max)
     if (printedLines > 50 && i < maxLines - 2) {
-      return `${msg}${skippedMsg}\n${res}\n${blue}...${white}${other}\n` +
-             `${blue}...${white}`;
+      return `${msg}${skippedMsg}\n${res}\n${colors.blue}...${colors.white}${other}\n` +
+             `${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
     }
   }
 
@@ -347,21 +344,9 @@ class AssertionError extends Error {
     if (message != null) {
       super(String(message));
     } else {
-      if (process.stderr.isTTY) {
-        // Reset on each call to make sure we handle dynamically set environment
-        // variables correct.
-        if (process.stderr.hasColors()) {
-          blue = '\u001b[34m';
-          green = '\u001b[32m';
-          white = '\u001b[39m';
-          red = '\u001b[31m';
-        } else {
-          blue = '';
-          green = '';
-          white = '';
-          red = '';
-        }
-      }
+      // Reset colors on each call to make sure we handle dynamically set environment
+      // variables correct.
+      colors.refresh();
       // Prevent the error stack from being visible by duplicating the error
       // in a very close way to the original in case both sides are actually
       // instances of Error.
@@ -393,7 +378,7 @@ class AssertionError extends Error {
         // Only remove lines in case it makes sense to collapse those.
         // TODO: Accept env to always show the full error.
         if (res.length > 50) {
-          res[46] = `${blue}...${white}`;
+          res[46] = `${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
           while (res.length > 47) {
             ArrayPrototypePop(res);
           }

lib/internal/main/watch_mode.js

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+'use strict';
+const {
+  ArrayPrototypeFilter,
+  ArrayPrototypeForEach,
+  ArrayPrototypeJoin,
+  ArrayPrototypeMap,
+  ArrayPrototypePushApply,
+  ArrayPrototypeSlice,
+} = primordials;
+
+const {
+  prepareMainThreadExecution,
+  markBootstrapComplete
+} = require('internal/process/pre_execution');
+const { triggerUncaughtException } = internalBinding('errors');
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
+const { emitExperimentalWarning } = require('internal/util');
+const { FilesWatcher } = require('internal/watch_mode/files_watcher');
+const { green, blue, red, white, clear } = require('internal/util/colors');
+
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const { inspect } = require('util');
+const { setTimeout, clearTimeout } = require('timers');
+const { resolve } = require('path');
+const { once, on } = require('events');
+
+
+prepareMainThreadExecution(false, false);
+markBootstrapComplete();
+
+// TODO(MoLow): Make kill signal configurable
+const kKillSignal = 'SIGTERM';
+const kShouldFilterModules = getOptionValue('--watch-path').length === 0;
+const kWatchedPaths = ArrayPrototypeMap(getOptionValue('--watch-path'), (path) => resolve(path));
+const kCommand = ArrayPrototypeSlice(process.argv, 1);
+const kCommandStr = inspect(ArrayPrototypeJoin(kCommand, ' '));
+const args = ArrayPrototypeFilter(process.execArgv, (arg, i, arr) =>
+  arg !== '--watch-path' && arr[i - 1] !== '--watch-path' && arg !== '--watch');
+ArrayPrototypePushApply(args, kCommand);
+
+const watcher = new FilesWatcher({ throttle: 500, mode: kShouldFilterModules ? 'filter' : 'all' });
+ArrayPrototypeForEach(kWatchedPaths, (p) => watcher.watchPath(p));
+
+let graceTimer;
+let child;
+let exited;
+
+function start() {
+  exited = false;
+  const stdio = kShouldFilterModules ? ['inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit', 'ipc'] : undefined;
+  child = spawn(process.execPath, args, { stdio, env: { ...process.env, WATCH_REPORT_DEPENDENCIES: '1' } });
+  watcher.watchChildProcessModules(child);
+  child.once('exit', (code) => {
+    exited = true;
+    if (code === 0) {
+      process.stdout.write(`${blue}Completed running ${kCommandStr}${white}\n`);
+    } else {
+      process.stdout.write(`${red}Failed running ${kCommandStr}${white}\n`);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+async function killAndWait(signal = kKillSignal, force = false) {
+  child?.removeAllListeners();
+  if (!child) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if ((child.killed || exited) && !force) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const onExit = once(child, 'exit');
+  child.kill(signal);
+  const { 0: exitCode } = await onExit;
+  return exitCode;
+}
+
+function reportGracefulTermination() {
+  // Log if process takes more than 500ms to stop.
+  let reported = false;
+  clearTimeout(graceTimer);
+  graceTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+    reported = true;
+    process.stdout.write(`${blue}Waiting for graceful termination...${white}\n`);
+  }, 500).unref();
+  return () => {
+    clearTimeout(graceTimer);
+    if (reported) {
+      process.stdout.write(`${clear}${green}Gracefully restarted ${kCommandStr}${white}\n`);
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+async function stop() {
+  watcher.clearFileFilters();
+  const clearGraceReport = reportGracefulTermination();
+  await killAndWait();
+  clearGraceReport();
+}
+
+async function restart() {
+  process.stdout.write(`${clear}${green}Restarting ${kCommandStr}${white}\n`);
+  await stop();
+  start();
+}
+
+(async () => {
+  emitExperimentalWarning('Watch mode');
+
+  try {
+    start();
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+    for await (const _ of on(watcher, 'changed')) {
+      await restart();
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    triggerUncaughtException(error, true /* fromPromise */);
+  }
+})();
+
+// Exiting gracefully to avoid stdout/stderr getting written after
+// parent process is killed.
+// this is fairly safe since user code cannot run in this process
+function signalHandler(signal) {
+  return async () => {
+    watcher.clear();
+    const exitCode = await killAndWait(signal, true);
+    process.exit(exitCode ?? 0);
+  };
+}
+process.on('SIGTERM', signalHandler('SIGTERM'));
+process.on('SIGINT', signalHandler('SIGINT'));

lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ const {
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 const preserveSymlinks = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks');
 const preserveSymlinksMain = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks-main');
+const shouldReportRequiredModules = process.env.WATCH_REPORT_DEPENDENCIES;
 // Do not eagerly grab .manifest, it may be in TDZ
 const policy = getOptionValue('--experimental-policy') ?
   require('internal/process/policy') :
@@ -168,6 +169,12 @@ function updateChildren(parent, child, scan) {
     ArrayPrototypePush(children, child);
 }
 
+function reportModuleToWatchMode(filename) {
+  if (shouldReportRequiredModules && process.send) {
+    process.send({ 'watch:require': filename });
+  }
+}
+
 const moduleParentCache = new SafeWeakMap();
 function Module(id = '', parent) {
   this.id = id;
@@ -776,6 +783,7 @@ Module._load = function(request, parent, isMain) {
     // cache key names.
     relResolveCacheIdentifier = `${parent.path}\x00${request}`;
     const filename = relativeResolveCache[relResolveCacheIdentifier];
+    reportModuleToWatchMode(filename);
     if (filename !== undefined) {
       const cachedModule = Module._cache[filename];
       if (cachedModule !== undefined) {
@@ -828,6 +836,8 @@ Module._load = function(request, parent, isMain) {
     module.id = '.';
   }
 
+  reportModuleToWatchMode(filename);
+
   Module._cache[filename] = module;
   if (parent !== undefined) {
     relativeResolveCache[relResolveCacheIdentifier] = filename;

lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js

@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ class ESMLoader {
       getOptionValue('--inspect-brk')
     );
 
+    if (process.env.WATCH_REPORT_DEPENDENCIES && process.send) {
+      process.send({ 'watch:import': url });
+    }
+
     const job = new ModuleJob(
       this,
       url,

lib/internal/util/colors.js

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+  blue: '',
+  green: '',
+  white: '',
+  red: '',
+  clear: '',
+  hasColors: false,
+  refresh() {
+    if (process.stderr.isTTY) {
+      const hasColors = process.stderr.hasColors();
+      module.exports.blue = hasColors ? '\u001b[34m' : '';
+      module.exports.green = hasColors ? '\u001b[32m' : '';
+      module.exports.white = hasColors ? '\u001b[39m' : '';
+      module.exports.red = hasColors ? '\u001b[31m' : '';
+      module.exports.clear = hasColors ? '\u001bc' : '';
+      module.exports.hasColors = hasColors;
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports.refresh();