cargo watch Constantly Recompiles

[eignnx]

Technical Bug Report

Your Environment

Software	Version(s)
(@eignnx) Ubuntu	16.04
(@madmalik) MacOS	10.14.3 Mojave
cargo-watch	7.2.1
Form Factor	Desktop

Is this an issue with Rust, CSS, or HTML (or a combination)?

Issue with cargo watch

Expected Behavior

cargo watch -x run ought to recompile only when actual changes are detected

Current Behavior

cargo watch -x run constantly recompiles the project even when no changes have been made. I have tried running the command when no text editors are open, and the problem persists.

Step to Reproduce

1. Get on my or @madmalik 's computer,
2. clone the repo,
3. run cargo watch -x run.

Screenshots

I ran cargo watch --debug -x run and screenshotted the output on the first recompile:

Suggetions

This seems to indicate that the static/styles folder is changing upon compilation, and that is triggering cargo watch to recompile again.

I believe cargo watch checks your .gitignore for files to NOT watch. Is there some ignore pattern we could add that would solve this problem?

Trace

Here's a file with the trace: CargoWatchProblemTrace.txt

[Manishearth]

Yeah the webapp adds some files to static/styles (these are gitignored already though) when run

[skade]

Hm, updated cargo-watch to 7.2.1, ran a full git clean and it works for me.

I have very different glob patterns, though. Could you please update master and rerun?

[madmalik]

Works flawlessly for me now!

[eignnx]

Works for me too! Not sure what fixed the problem, but I ran cargo install --force --version 7.2.1 -- cargo-watch and everything works fine now. Is this something we could put in the README to make sure new contributors don't run into this problem?

[Zexbe]

It works for me too, and I am a new contributor. I think the update has been out long enough that it's no longer an issue.

[XAMPPRocky]

Okay, I'm going to close this as solved.