gowatch is a tool to watch for .go files changes and rebuild automaticaly

$ go get -u github.com/msalcantara/gowatch/cmd/gowatch

In you project path just type gowatch

$ gowatch

For help use -hor --help

$ gowatch -h

For version

$ gowatch --version

Pass arguments to your app

$ gowatch apparg1 apparg2

Or

$ gowatch --run-flags="-c file_config.conf"

Use custon args to go build command

$ gowatch --build-flags=-x,-v

Watch custon directory (default is current)

$ gowatch -d ./custon/path

gowatch restart in any .go files changes. To ignore some pattern of files use:

$ gowatch -i *_test.go

To show debug info of gowatch

$ gowatch -V

To use an default config, create a file called .gowatch.yml or use --config flag to pass a different file name. CLI flags override values of the file.

This file can have any flag that CLI accept.

verbose: true


dir: .

ignore:
  - "*_test.go"

build_flags:
  - -x
  - -v


run_flags:
  - localhost
  - 8000

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