dotnet-watch

dotnet-watch is a file watcher for dotnet that restarts the specified application when changes in the source code are detected.

How To Install

Add Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools to the tools section of your project.json file:

{
...
  "tools": {
    "Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools": {
      "version": "1.0.0-*",
      "imports": "portable-net451+win8"
    }
  }
...
}

How To Use

dotnet watch <watcher args> -- <app args>

• dotnet watch (runs the application without arguments)
• dotnet watch foo bar (runs the application with the arguments foo bar)
• dotnet watch --exit-on-change -- foo bar (runs the application with the arguments foo bar. In addition, it passes --exit-on-change to the watcher).
• dotnet watch --command test -- -parallel none (runs dotnet test with the arguments -parallel none)

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Travis:

This project is part of ASP.NET Core. You can find samples, documentation and getting started instructions for ASP.NET Core at the Home repo.