↻ ♾️ NodeRel

NodeRel is a tool that automatically restarting the node application when file changes.

• Fast and simple to use.
• Automatic re-running.
• Manual restarting.
• Monitoring multiple directories.
• Ignoring files.
• Delaying restarting.

Installation

npm install -g noderel 
# yarn global add noderel

CLI

# all configs are optional 
noderel --entry bin/server.js --watch routes,app --delay 150

# short
noderel -e server.js -w routes,app -d 150

API

const Noderel = require('noderel');
const noderel = Noderel(configuration?: Object): void

noderel.start()
noderel.stop()

CLI options

Prop	Default	Description
--help or -h	-	display usage info for all commands
--version or -v	-	display package version
--entry or -e	(package.json).main	Set entry file
--watch or -w	.	Set the watch directories or files.
--ignore or -i	node_modules,tests	which's files or folders should be ignored
--delay or -d	100	Realod time between changes (ms).
--verbose or -V	true	Show logs
--allow-restart or -R	true	allow restart when typing rs
--override or -O	node (package.json).main	override the default command

Configuration file

// noderel.json
// A config file can take any of the command line arguments as JSON key values, for example:
{
  "entry": "tests/server.js",
  "watch": ["src", "bin"],
  "ignore": ["node_modules", "tests", ".git"],
  "delay": 150,
  "verbose": true,
  "allowRestart": true, // allow restart when typing `rs`
  "override": "python3 app.py",
}

Built with

• Spawn childprocess
• tree-kill
• minimist
• chokidar

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