Why does gulp-watch ignore glob-parameter?

Question

Given the following gulpfile.js (simplified), why does gulp-watch not exclude the mongoData-folder?

'use strict';

var gulp = require('gulp'),
  paths = {
    js: ['*.js', 'test/**/*.js', '!test/coverage/**', '!bower_components/**', '!packages/**/node_modules/**', '!packages/contrib/**/*.js', '!packages/contrib/**/node_modules/**', '!packages/core/**/*.js', '!packages/core/public/assets/lib/**/*.js']
  };

gulp.task('watch', function () {
  gulp.watch([paths.js, '!mongoData/**/*.*']).on('change', plugins.livereload.changed);
});

I also tried adding !mongoData/**/*.* in paths.js without success.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 14 '15 at 11:39

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gulp.watch expects an array of globs as the first parameter, you should write like this:

gulp.watch(paths.js.concat(['!mongoData/**/*.*']))

answered May 14 '15 at 11:39

Magomogo

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did not fix the problem :( – Tobias Mühl May 14 '15 at 11:47
According to the documentation https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob you, probably, forgot the brackets: `'!(mongoData)/**/*.*'` – Magomogo May 14 '15 at 11:51
tried that and still not working. I temporarily fixed the problem by moving the `mongoData` folder outside the scope of gulp – Tobias Mühl May 14 '15 at 12:11

Why does gulp-watch ignore glob-parameter?

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