aspnetcore/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools

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": "1.0.0-preview4-final" // "1.1.0-preview4-final" for .NET Core 1.1.0
  }
...
}

How To Use

dotnet watch [-?|-h|--help]

dotnet watch [options] [[--] <dotnet arguments>...]

Options:
  -?|-h|--help  Show help information
  -q|--quiet    Suppresses all output except warnings and errors
  -v|--verbose  Show verbose output

Add watch after dotnet in the command that you want to run:

What you want to run	Dotnet watch command
dotnet run	dotnet watch run
dotnet run --arg1 value1	dotnet watch run --arg1 value
dotnet run --framework net451 -- --arg1 value1	dotnet watch run --framework net451 -- --arg1 value1
dotnet test	dotnet watch test

Environment variables

Some configuration options can be passed to dotnet watch through environment variables. The available variables are:

Variable	Effect
DOTNET_USE_POLLING_FILE_WATCHER	If set to "1" or "true", dotnet watch will use a polling file watcher instead of CoreFx's FileSystemWatcher. Used when watching files on network shares or Docker mounted volumes.