Packager isn't detecting changes on node_modules

[rseemann]

Description

Making changes on files on node_modules does not trigger a change in the bundler, therefore the new changes are not bundled into the app unless the packager is restarted.

Reproduction

Change a file at the node_modules folder and check that the bundler does not detect the file change (

react-native/packager/react-packager/src/Server/index.js

Line 396 in ede04ab

onFileChange(type: string, filePath: string, stat: Stats) {

is never called). Older versions of react-native would detect this and mark the file as outdated.

Solution

Reenable the watching of node files or allow a way to customise this via config/env variables

Additional Information

• React Native version: 0.39.2
• Platform: iOS
• Operating System: MacOS

[rseemann]

Adding the package name here seems to fix the problem. Is there a way to pass this parameter via command line or env variable?

[santervo]

Same here. Installing new modules with npm install are not picked by app. I need to stop the packager and restart it completely.

[farwayer]

duplicate #11301

[rseemann]

Close in favor of #11301