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 [dotnet arguments]

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

AppVeyor:

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.