Exclude files from watching

[deser]

Current behavior

I have a project with mixed js and ts files. All ts files are placed in src/ts. tsconfig is configured respectively:

"baseUrl": "src/ts",
...
"include": [
   "src/ts/**/*.ts",
   "src/ts/**/*.tsx"
], 

When I run webpack in watch mode and change something in NOT src/ts ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin seems still runs typechecking and linting.

I've also configure the plugin itself:

reportFiles: ['src/ts/**/*.{ts,tsx}'],
watch: 'src/ts/**/*.{ts,tsx}',

This doesn't help either.

Expected behavior

typechecking and linting in this case shouldn't run in watch mode.

Environment

all packages are latest versions

• os: windows 10

[phryneas]

watchPaths has apparently no effect in useTypescriptIncrementalApi: true - and I can't really think of a good way to make it work.
in useTypescriptIncrementalApi: true mode, every time webpack triggers the compile hook, all files that changed since the last trigger will be checked again.
I guess all we can do is change the documentation accordingly, what do you think @johnnyreilly ?

[johnnyreilly]

Agree @phryneas - good shout 👍

[deser]

At least something:)
Thanks guys

[piotr-oles]

@deser
Please try fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin@alpha - I've published a new version which should resolve this issue 🚀
I will close this issue to clean-up the backlog. If this release didn't solve the issue, we can re-open this :)