Shiny new file watcher with --watch argument

drakov

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 process.title = 'drakov';
 
 var drakov = require('./lib/drakov');
+var watcher = require('./lib/watcher');
 var args = require('./lib/arguments');
 
 var argv = args.getArgv();
-drakov.run(argv);
+drakov.run(argv, function() {
+    watcher(argv);
+});

lib/arguments/arguments.js

@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ module.exports = {
         description: 'List all available endpoints under `/drakov`. If value of argument is a module name, it will be required and called to create a middleware function',
         alias: 'D',
         default: false
+    },
+    watch: {
+        description: 'Reload Drakov when change detected in list of source files'
     }
 
 };

lib/watcher.js

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+var chokidar = require('chokidar');
+require('colors');
+
+var drakov = require('./drakov');
+
+// Save these for replay later
+var CACHED_ARGV = [];
+
+var RESTART_COUNT = 0;
+
+var changeHandler = function(filePath) {
+    ++RESTART_COUNT;
+    console.log('[CHANGE]'.white, filePath.green, ('Restarting ' + RESTART_COUNT).blue);
+    drakov.stop(function(){
+        drakov.run(CACHED_ARGV);
+    });
+};
+
+module.exports = function(argv) {
+    if (!argv.watch) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    console.log(' FILE SPY '.grey.inverse + ' ACTIVATE '.green.inverse);
+
+    CACHED_ARGV = argv;
+    var sourceFiles = argv.sourceFiles;
+
+    var watcher = chokidar.watch(sourceFiles);
+    watcher.on('change', changeHandler);
+};

package.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^1.4.2",
+    "chokidar": "^1.4.2",
     "colors": "^1.1.0",
     "express": "^4.12.3",
     "glob": "^5.0.15",