dnx-watch hangs/is not notified about file changes on CoreClr on Mac OS

[moozzyk]

It will run the target project once but changes to file aren't ever detected.

Note that this works fine on Linux.

[victorhurdugaci]

Is this a known issue with the file watcher on CoreCLR/Darwin?

[muratg]

@victorhurdugaci let's investigate on our end. if there's a behavior difference between linux/windows and os x, we should file bugs on appropriate repo

[glennc]

When running inside a docker container and detecting changes on a mounted volume I needed to have Mono use the managed file watcher otherwise it wouldn't detect changes.

[davidfowl]

This is talking about CoreCLR not mono.

[glennc]

Didn't read the title.

[mikehaas763]

I'm having the same problem. Using CoreCLR and dnx beta 8 on a mac. When I run dnx-watch web in my default yeoman scaffolded web project it will run the server and start the process and I can successfully visit the website in my browser. When I make a change to a view it reflects it as I would expect because they're being compiled on the fly anyway (I'm assuming). However, when I make a simple change to the HomeController I see no logging output in my terminal and when I refresh I don't see the change in my browser. The process does remain running though.

[victorhurdugaci]

The root cause is: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/4738

[muratg]

@victorhurdugaci Could you ping someone from CoreCLR to look into it?

cc @joshfree

[muratg]

@victorhurdugaci Does this work now?