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Settings
There are a number of options available. Please review the minimatch options here. As well as some additional options as follows:
files
Type: String|Array
This defines what file patterns this task will watch. Can be a string or an array of files and/or minimatch patterns.
tasks
Type: String|Array
This defines which tasks to run when a watched file event occurs.
options.interrupt
Type: boolean
Default: false
As files are modified this watch task will spawn tasks in child processes. The default behavior will only spawn a new child process per target when the previous process has finished. Set the interrupt option to true to terminate the previous process and spawn a new one upon later changes.
Example:
watch: {
scripts: {
files: '**/*.js',
tasks: ['jshint'],
options: {
interrupt: true
}
}
}
options.debounceDelay
Type: Integer
Default: 500
How long to wait before emitting events in succession for the same filepath and status. For example if your Gruntfile.js file was changed, a changed event will only fire again after the given milliseconds.
Example:
watch: {
scripts: {
files: '**/*.js',
tasks: ['jshint'],
options: {
debounceDelay: 250
}
}
}
options.interval
Type: Integer
Default: 100
The interval is passed to fs.watchFile. Since interval is only used by fs.watchFile and this watcher also uses fs.watch; it is recommended to ignore this option. Default is 100ms.