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Auto-Restart on nest-cli.json Changes

Open SeraphimKaito opened this issue 2 months ago • 1 comments

Is there an existing issue that is already proposing this?

  • [x] I have searched the existing issues

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe it

Currently, when running nest start --watch, changes to nest-cli.json are not detected.

Describe the solution you'd like

When the CLI is running in watch mode , I’d like it to also watch the Nest CLI configuration file. When a configuration file changes: The current running process should automatically restart, so the new configuration is picked up without manual intervention.

Teachability, documentation, adoption, migration strategy

No response

What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?

  • When iterating on compilerOptions.assets, builder, plugins, or sourceRoot, expect the behavior to be similar to code changes in watch mode.
  • Improves DX by keeping the configuration file in the same live-reload cycle as source files and assets.

SeraphimKaito avatar Nov 16 '25 04:11 SeraphimKaito

to me this is too over as you're not supposed to change that CLI config file that often in a development workflow.

micalevisk avatar Nov 16 '25 15:11 micalevisk