Ability to use @variables in file watch patterns

[romainl]

Hi. It doesn't look like we can use @variables in file watch patterns.

I have this make recipe that I would like to convert into a modd block:

$(build_js): $(wildcard $(source)/$(js)/*.js) $(wildcard $(source)/$(js)/**/*.js)
    browserify -t debowerify -t hintify $(source_js) -o $(build_js)

where $(build_js) is a variable made up of several other variables earlier in my Makefile. This is useful because I can have a generic Makefile that is easy to configure on a per-project basis. If I must change a directory/file name, I only have to change it once.

In modd.conf, the recipe above looks like:

source/js/**/*.js {
    browserify -t debowerify -t hintify @source_js -o @build_js
}

which works perfectly well but is not as "smart" as the make recipe because I (or a coworker/contractant) would need to search/replace source/js instead of changing it one place.

Granted, that's not really a showstopper but still.

Thanks for devd and modd.