Git Branch Switching + File Watching: Where is this done? Prior convos?

[tony]

Hi,

When running webpack, git checkout's / other VCS switching can be far more drastic than a normal file save:

• Multiple changes in JS
• Code generated pre-processed files changed
• package.json file changes
• webpack config changes

Is file watching part of webpack itself? Or is it do with things like webpack-dev-server?

Is there a hook specifically to detect vcs branch switches alongside file diffs? If so, that'd a time to raise a hook as a priority that can potentially interrupt other things that'd be triggered. The reason why is for a vcs branch change, the desired effect may be a full restart - following the normal watch options makes my computer freeze

How much of this is under webpack's jurisdiction? Any conversations from this tracker? Or projects? Any best practices?

[alexander-akait]

Please create reproducible example

[tony]

My intention is / was to see if there were prior conversations I wasn't aware of. Sorry about that!

I don't have time to reproduce this as my projects are private and complex, and I have no idea how long or what it'd take to do so. Can I close this?

[alexander-akait]

If you change branch and :

package.json file changes
webpack config changes

was changes happens you need to rerun webpack, we are working on it