From 519cd7ff68f504a3efb8627c311aea23bec24744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Bucholtz <dan.bucholtz@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:08:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(watch): fallback for when chokidar watch ready/error
 don't fire (happens on windows when file is

fallback for when chokidar watch ready/error don't fire (happens on windows when file is missing)

closes #282
---
 src/watch.ts | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/watch.ts b/src/watch.ts
index fbd8009f..61e285d3 100644
--- a/src/watch.ts
+++ b/src/watch.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ function startWatchers(context: BuildContext, configFile: string) {
 
   const promises = watchConfig
     .watchers
-    .map((w, i) => startWatcher(i, w, context, watchConfig));
+    .map((w, i) => {
+      return startWatcher(i, w, context, watchConfig);
+    });
 
   return Promise.all(promises);
 }
@@ -52,6 +54,20 @@ function startWatchers(context: BuildContext, configFile: string) {
 function startWatcher(index: number, watcher: Watcher, context: BuildContext, watchConfig: WatchConfig) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 
+    // If a file isn't found (probably other scenarios too),
+    // Chokidar watches don't always trigger the ready or error events
+    // so set a timeout, and clear it if they do fire
+    // otherwise, just reject the promise and log an error
+    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+      let filesWatchedString: string = null;
+      if (typeof watcher.paths === 'string') {
+        filesWatchedString = watcher.paths;
+      } else if (Array.isArray(watcher.paths)) {
+        filesWatchedString = watcher.paths.join(', ');
+      }
+      //Logger.error(`A watch configured to watch the following paths failed to start. It likely that a file referenced does not exist: ${filesWatchedString}`);
+      reject(new BuildError(`A watch configured to watch the following paths failed to start. It likely that a file referenced does not exist: ${filesWatchedString}`));
+    }, 3000);
     prepareWatcher(context, watcher);
 
     if (!watcher.paths) {
@@ -105,13 +121,17 @@ function startWatcher(index: number, watcher: Watcher, context: BuildContext, wa
     });
 
     chokidarWatcher.on('ready', () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
       Logger.debug(`watcher ready: ${watcher.options.cwd}${watcher.paths}`);
       resolve();
     });
 
     chokidarWatcher.on('error', (err: any) => {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
       reject(new BuildError(`watcher error: ${watcher.options.cwd}${watcher.paths}: ${err}`));
     });
+
+
   });
 }