Let "hs watch" only upload changed files

[arinker]

Description and Context

The hs watch command uploads each file as soon as the file is saved without checking if the file has changed.
This significantly slows down the development process with any build tool (Webpack, Vitejs, ...).

Steps to reproduce

Just open a file in a folder watched by hs watch and save it without any changes while hs watch is running.

Expected behavior

hs watch should only upload files with a new checksum.

Who to Notify

@arinker

[anthmatic]

@arinker I'm not sure if this is something we'd consider in the near term, however I've marked it as an enhancement for now.

Have you seen https://www.npmjs.com/package/@hubspot/webpack-cms-plugins? It is webpack specific but might be useful in your workflow.

[igor-duspara]

Is there some new information about this feature? It would really improve our Development Workflow.

[jsines]

Dug into this a bit today, the library we use for watching files (chokidar) emits the change event even if there are no changes to the saved file and has no option to ignore. I've filed an issue to fix this: paulmillr/chokidar#1283

I could work around it in the mean time, either by converting to a means file watching that doesn't have this problem or implementing the feature myself, but it may take a little longer than expected.

[AndoniH11]

Hey @jsines ! Glad to hear that this feature is something you are working on.

Do you have any estimations about when could this feature new be launched?

Thanks!