Gulp browserSync reload

Question

So my question is, is there a way that when I run gulp watch through my terminal my browser doesn't load on a new page but instead reloads on the present page?

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Answer 1

You can for an option use the gulp-livereload library:

npm install --save-dev gulp-livereload

gulp-livereload will not automatically listen for changes. You now have to manually call livereload.listen unless you set the option start:

livereload({ start: true })

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Usage:

var gulp = require('gulp'),
less = require('gulp-less'),
livereload = require('gulp-livereload');

gulp.task('less', function() {
  gulp.src('less/*.less')
    .pipe(less())
    .pipe(gulp.dest('css'))
    .pipe(livereload());
});

gulp.task('watch', function() {
  livereload.listen();
  gulp.watch('less/*.less', ['less']);
});