I'm developing a JavaScript/React application in Intellij Idea and I'm using webpack-dev-server
to incrementally build my files. That means that the dev server is watching the files and if a file gets changes, webpack
rebuilds it. Pretty standard scenario.
Unfortunately, webpack
sometimes decides to ignore certain files. I can change them all I want but webpack
does nothing. I have not been able to determine any pattern on which files get ignored. It's arbitrary. Sometimes I just create a new file and webpack
ignores it.
What is interesting though is that it only happens when I perform the save using Intellij Idea. If I open the file in another editor (for example vim) and save it, the file gets correctly rebuilt. Actually, simple touch file.js
is enough to trigger rebuilding.
I guess there is something wrong in how Intellij Idea saves files. Any ideas?