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Livereload is not triggered on file change #674
Description
Bug report
Actual Behavior
Live reload is not triggered on file change
Expected Behavior
Live reload is triggered on file change
How Do We Reproduce?
git clone https://github.com/alan-agius4/copy-webpack-plugin-issue.git
yarn
yarn webpack-dev-server --open
mv asset/2.jpeg asset/1.jpeg
Notice that the image is not changed as live reload is not triggered.
System:
OS: macOS 11.6.4
CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz
Memory: 4.29 GB / 64.00 GB
Binaries:
Node: 14.18.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.17 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/yarn
npm: 6.14.16 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/npm
Browsers:
Chrome: 99.0.4844.51
Firefox: 91.6.0
Safari: 15.3
Packages:
copy-webpack-plugin: ^10.2.4 => 10.2.4
webpack: ^5.70.0 => 5.70.0
webpack-cli: ^4.9.2 => 4.9.2
webpack-dev-server: ^4.7.4 => 4.7.4
Activity
alexander-akait commentedon Mar 4, 2022
Can you reproduce it using 5.69.0?
alexander-akait commentedon Mar 4, 2022
Because we have https://github.com/webpack-contrib/copy-webpack-plugin/blob/master/src/index.js#L331
alan-agius4 commentedon Mar 4, 2022
I did try that and I still didn't work. I also tried older version like 5.10 and it still didn't work.
alexander-akait commentedon Mar 4, 2022
Maybe related to MacOS...
alan-agius4 commentedon Mar 4, 2022
I asked the user that original reported the issue originally in angular/angular-cli#22751 to provide more about their system.
Did live reload work for you when you tried the reproduction?
alexander-akait commentedon Mar 4, 2022
@alan-agius4 I haven't tried it yet, I've set it to my tasks, I can look tomorrow, just ask more information as possible
alan-agius4 commentedon Mar 4, 2022
Looks like the user that reported the issue is also using Mac. angular/angular-cli#22751 (comment)
alexander-akait commentedon Mar 6, 2022
@alan-agius4 Sorry for delay, looks like problem in webpack, because hash of compilation is the same, so dev server doesn't reload page, I have two workarounds, but want to verify it is valid fixes, I will return to this today/tomorrow (waiting answer)
alan-agius4 commentedon Mar 6, 2022
Thanks @alexander-akait!
alan-agius4 commentedon Jun 3, 2022
Gentle reminder @alexander-akait
alexander-akait commentedon Jun 3, 2022
@alan-agius4 oh, sorry, missed that, put in my TODO for tomorrow
OttoDoorenbos commentedon Jun 7, 2022
@alexander-akait
Same issue on Windows. Angular 14.
[webpack-dev-server] App updated. Recompiling...
[webpack-dev-server] Nothing changed.
Change in files in the app folder and globel scss files are detected. Change in files in the assets folder are not detected.
alexander-akait commentedon Jun 7, 2022
@alan-agius4 @Mylogin-info bug in webpack-dev-server, we can't fix it here webpack/webpack-dev-server#3794, updated an issue and put your example, copy-webapck-plugin does right job here, dev server doesn't respect hash changed
alan-agius4 commentedon Jun 9, 2022
@alexander-akait, thanks let's continue tracking this in webpack/webpack-dev-server#3794
Trirandom commentedon Apr 26, 2023
Same issue on Windows. Angular 14.
[webpack-dev-server] App updated. Recompiling...
[webpack-dev-server] Nothing changed.
Force those who are looking for a workaround,
I used the package "@angular-builders/custom-webpack": "^14.1.0" that allows to use an extra webpack config, and in this file:
This solved my issue, hope it helps.