Fable removes all .js files from .fable_modules when a file in project is added/removed

[lukaszkrzywizna]

Description

During fable watch, any file adding/removing causes the clearing of all .js files within fable_modules resulting whole application failing. Only rerun helps.

Repro code

1. Running fable watch ./src/{my-project} --outDir ./src/{my-project}/.fable-build
2. Adding/Removing a file in a project

The video shows the problem:

fable_modules.mp4

Related information

• Fable version: 4.6.0
• Operating system: Mac OS 14 Sonoma

[MangelMaxime]

Indeed, it looks like when Fable detect a change to the fsproj it cleans the fable_modules, then restore the fsproj/csproj and rebuild the fable_modules however without compiling the Fable dependencies back.

IHMO Fable, should not clean the fable_modules as a whole and instead remove only the dependencies that changed (removed, version changed, added) and keep the others in place.