Merge pull request #353 from sergeylanzman/improve-live-reload

Improve live reload by adding support for static files

run.go

@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ func runApp(cmd *Command, args []string) int {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Start the Reload server (if enabled)
+	if conf.EnableReload {
+		startReloadServer()
+	}
 	if gendoc == "true" {
 		NewWatcher(paths, files, true)
 		AutoBuild(files, true)
@@ -145,11 +150,6 @@ func runApp(cmd *Command, args []string) int {
 		AutoBuild(files, false)
 	}
 
-	// Start the Reload server (if enabled)
-	if conf.EnableReload {
-		startReloadServer()
-	}
-
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-exit:
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func readAppDirectories(directory string, paths *[]string) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if path.Ext(fileInfo.Name()) == ".go" {
+		if path.Ext(fileInfo.Name()) == ".go" || (ifStaticFile(fileInfo.Name()) && conf.EnableReload) {
 			*paths = append(*paths, directory)
 			useDirectory = true
 		}

watch.go

@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ var (
 	state               sync.Mutex
 	eventTime           = make(map[string]int64)
 	scheduleTime        time.Time
+	watchExts           = []string{".go"}
+	watchExtsStatic     = []string{".html", ".tpl", ".js", ".css"}
+	ignoredFilesRegExps = []string{
+		`.#(\w+).go`,
+		`.(\w+).go.swp`,
+		`(\w+).go~`,
+		`(\w+).tmp`,
+	}
 )
 
 // NewWatcher starts an fsnotify Watcher on the specified paths
@@ -45,8 +53,12 @@ func NewWatcher(paths []string, files []string, isgenerate bool) {
 		for {
 			select {
 			case e := <-watcher.Events:
-				isbuild := true
+				isBuild := true
 
+				if ifStaticFile(e.Name) || conf.EnableReload {
+					sendReload(e.String())
+					continue
+				}
 				// Skip ignored files
 				if shouldIgnoreFile(e.Name) {
 					continue
@@ -58,12 +70,12 @@ func NewWatcher(paths []string, files []string, isgenerate bool) {
 				mt := getFileModTime(e.Name)
 				if t := eventTime[e.Name]; mt == t {
 					logger.Infof(bold("Skipping: ")+"%s", e.String())
-					isbuild = false
+					isBuild = false
 				}
 
 				eventTime[e.Name] = mt
 
-				if isbuild {
+				if isBuild {
 					logger.Infof("Event fired: %s", e)
 					go func() {
 						// Wait 1s before autobuild until there is no file change.
@@ -239,6 +251,15 @@ func Start(appname string) {
 	started <- true
 }
 
+func ifStaticFile(filename string) bool {
+	for _, s := range watchExtsStatic {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(filename, s) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // shouldIgnoreFile ignores filenames generated by Emacs, Vim or SublimeText.
 // It returns true if the file should be ignored, false otherwise.
 func shouldIgnoreFile(filename string) bool {
@@ -255,14 +276,6 @@ func shouldIgnoreFile(filename string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-var watchExts = []string{".go"}
-var ignoredFilesRegExps = []string{
-	`.#(\w+).go`,
-	`.(\w+).go.swp`,
-	`(\w+).go~`,
-	`(\w+).tmp`,
-}
-
 // shouldWatchFileWithExtension returns true if the name of the file
 // hash a suffix that should be watched.
 func shouldWatchFileWithExtension(name string) bool {