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Watch

Rspack can watch files and recompile whenever they change.

watch

  • Type: boolean
  • Default: false

Turn on watch mode. This means that after the initial build, Rspack will continue to watch for changes in any of the resolved files.

rspack.config.js
module.exports = {
  // ...
  watch: true,
};
Tip

In @rspack/dev-server watch mode is enabled by default.

watchOptions

  • Type: object

A set of options used to customize watch mode.

rspack.config.js
module.exports = {
  // ...
  watchOptions: {
    ignored: /node_modules/,
    poll: true,
  },
};

watchOptions.ignored

  • Type: RegExp, string, string[]

The path that matches is excluded while watching.

watchOptions.poll

  • Type: boolean, number
  • Default: false

Whether to watch by polling, the default polling interval for true is 5007 milliseconds.