Guard::LiveReload¶ ↑

LiveReload guard allows to automatically reload your browser when ‘view’ files are modified.

Install¶ ↑

Please be sure to have Guard installed before continue.

Install the gem:

gem install guard-livereload

Add it to your Gemfile (inside test group):

gem 'guard-livereload'

Add guard definition to your Guardfile by running this command:

guard init livereload

Install LiveReload Safari/Chrome extension

Usage¶ ↑

Please read Guard usage doc and LiveReload extension usage doc

Guardfile¶ ↑

You can adapt your ‘view’ files like you want. Please read Guard doc for more info about Guardfile DSL.

guard 'livereload' do
  watch(%r{app/.+\.(erb|haml)})
  watch(%r{app/helpers/.+\.rb})
  watch(%r{public/.+\.(css|js|html)})
  watch(%r{config/locales/.+\.yml})
end

Options¶ ↑

LiveReload guard has 6 options that you can set like this:

guard 'livereload', :api_version => '1.4', :port => '35728' do
  ...
end

Available options:

:api_version => '1.4'    # default '1.6'
:host => '127.3.3.1'     # default '0.0.0.0'
:port => '12345'         # default '35729'
:apply_js_live => false  # default true
:apply_css_live => false # default true
:grace_period => 0.5     # default 0 (seconds)

See LiveReload configuration doc for more info about those options.

Development¶ ↑

• Source hosted at GitHub

• Report issues/Questions/Feature requests on GitHub Issues

Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested. Please create a topic branch for every separate change you make.

Authors¶ ↑

Thibaud Guillaume-Gentil