CLI: Ignore watch events for files that don't match globs

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Sort tags before classes when `@applying` a selector with joined classes ([#9107](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9107))
 - Remove invalid `outline-hidden` utility ([#9147](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9147))
 - Honor the `hidden` attribute on elements in preflight ([#9174](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9174))
-- Don't stop watching atomically renamed files ([#9173](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9173))
+- Don't stop watching atomically renamed files ([#9173](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9173), [#9215](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9215))
 - Re-use existing entries in the rule cache ([#9208](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9208))
 - Don't output duplicate utilities ([#9208](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9208))
 - Fix `fontFamily` config TypeScript types ([#9214](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9214))

src/cli.js

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import getModuleDependencies from './lib/getModuleDependencies'
 import log from './util/log'
 import packageJson from '../package.json'
 import normalizePath from 'normalize-path'
+import micromatch from 'micromatch'
 import { validateConfig } from './util/validateConfig.js'
 
 let env = {
@@ -837,6 +838,23 @@ async function build() {
     }
 
     let config = refreshConfig(configPath)
+    let contentPatterns = refreshContentPatterns(config)
+
+    /**
+     * @param {import('../types/config.js').RequiredConfig} config
+     * @return {{all: string[], dynamic: string[], static: string[]}}
+     **/
+    function refreshContentPatterns(config) {
+      let globs = extractFileGlobs(config)
+      let tasks = fastGlob.generateTasks(globs, { absolute: true })
+      let dynamicPatterns = tasks.filter((task) => task.dynamic).flatMap((task) => task.patterns)
+      let staticPatterns = tasks.filter((task) => !task.dynamic).flatMap((task) => task.patterns)
+
+      return {
+        all: [...staticPatterns, ...dynamicPatterns],
+        dynamic: dynamicPatterns,
+      }
+    }
 
     if (input) {
       contextDependencies.add(path.resolve(input))
@@ -867,6 +885,7 @@ async function build() {
         env.DEBUG && console.time('Resolve config')
         context = null
         config = refreshConfig(configPath)
+        contentPatterns = refreshContentPatterns(config)
         env.DEBUG && console.timeEnd('Resolve config')
 
         env.DEBUG && console.time('Watch new files')
@@ -924,7 +943,14 @@ async function build() {
     // Restore watching any files that are "removed"
     // This can happen when a file is pseudo-atomically replaced (a copy is created, overwritten, the old one is unlinked, and the new one is renamed)
     // TODO: An an optimization we should allow removal when the config changes
-    watcher.on('unlink', (file) => watcher.add(file))
+    watcher.on('unlink', (file) => {
+      file = normalizePath(file)
+
+      // Only re-add the file if it's not covered by a dynamic pattern
+      if (!micromatch.some([file], contentPatterns.dynamic)) {
+        watcher.add(file)
+      }
+    })
 
     // Some applications such as Visual Studio (but not VS Code)
     // will only fire a rename event for atomic writes and not a change event
@@ -935,11 +961,16 @@ async function build() {
         return
       }
 
-      let watchedPath = path.resolve(meta.watchedPath)
+      let watchedPath = meta.watchedPath
 
       // Watched path might be the file itself
       // Or the directory it is in
-      filePath = watchedPath.endsWith(filePath) ? watchedPath : path.resolve(watchedPath, filePath)
+      filePath = watchedPath.endsWith(filePath) ? watchedPath : path.join(watchedPath, filePath)
+
+      // Skip this event since the files it is for does not match any of the registered content globs
+      if (!micromatch.some([filePath], contentPatterns.all)) {
+        return
+      }
 
       // Skip since we've already queued a rebuild for this file that hasn't happened yet
       if (pendingRebuilds.has(filePath)) {