From e1f1de938000e7a1bf40d2b3231c5f8c6118d3c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colum Ferry <cferry09@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 16:03:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(web): file watcher should only watch files in its project
 #17085

---
 .../executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts | 23 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
index b998060c392d9..d4a05f8cf7d50 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   joinPathFragments,
   parseTargetString,
   readTargetOptions,
-  workspaceLayout,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import ignore from 'ignore';
 import { copyFileSync, readFileSync, unlinkSync } from 'fs';
@@ -106,21 +105,15 @@ function getIgnoredGlobs(root: string) {
 
 function createFileWatcher(
   root: string,
+  projectRoot: string,
   changeHandler: () => void
 ): () => void {
   const ignoredGlobs = getIgnoredGlobs(root);
-  const layout = workspaceLayout();
-
-  const watcher = watch(
-    [
-      joinPathFragments(layout.appsDir, '**'),
-      joinPathFragments(layout.libsDir, '**'),
-    ],
-    {
-      cwd: root,
-      ignoreInitial: true,
-    }
-  );
+
+  const watcher = watch([joinPathFragments(projectRoot, '**')], {
+    cwd: root,
+    ignoreInitial: true,
+  });
   watcher.on('all', (_event: string, path: string) => {
     if (ignoredGlobs.ignores(path)) return;
     changeHandler();
@@ -154,7 +147,9 @@ export default async function* fileServerExecutor(
 
   let disposeWatch: () => void;
   if (options.watch) {
-    disposeWatch = createFileWatcher(context.root, run);
+    const projectRoot =
+      context.projectsConfigurations.projects[context.projectName].root;
+    disposeWatch = createFileWatcher(context.root, projectRoot, run);
   }
 
   // perform initial run