Simple file/directory watcher library with a simple API

You can watch a directory for file changes using the well-known (error, result) callback pattern. The events are throttled, so you can optimize your event handling for a bunch of simultaneous file changes. All the initial files, currently in the watched directory, are also reported as created. So you don't have to glob yourself.

API:

• miniwatch(options, callback) with the following options:
  • directory: string, the directory path you want to watch for changes
  • include: string, glob pattern of files to include (default all)
  • exclude: string, glob pattern of files to exclude (default none)
• miniwatch(directory, callback), shorthand if you want to watch all files

Simple example:

miniwatch('my-dir', function(error, files) {
  console.log(files);
});

Verbose example:

miniwatch({
  directory: __dirname + '/site',
  include: '**/*.js',
  exclude: '**/*.bundle.js'
}, function(error, files) {
  if (error) throw error;

  if (files.deleted) {
    files.deleted.forEach(function(file) {
      bundler.remove(file);
    });
  }

  if (files.updated) {
    files.updated.forEach(function(file) {
      bundler.reload(file);
    });
  }

  if (files.created) {
    files.created.forEach(function(file) {
      bundler.add(file);
    });
  }
});

Install:

npm install miniwatch