ExSync

Yet another Elixir reloader.

System Support

ExSync deps on FileSystem

Usage

1. Create a new application:

    mix new my_app
   

2. Add exsync to your mix.exs dependencies:

def deps do
  [ {:exsync, "~> 0.2", only: :dev} ]
end

3. (If runing Elixir < 1.4) Start your application the usual way, e.g., iex -S mix, then:

ExSync.start()

4. (Alternative) To always start ExSync when available, add the following to an application's start/2:

defmodule MyApp do
  use Application

  def start(_type, _args) do
    import Supervisor.Spec, warn: false

    case Code.ensure_loaded(ExSync) do
      {:module, ExSync = mod} ->
        mod.start()
      {:error, :nofile} ->
        :ok
    end

    # ... rest of your applications start script.
  end
end

Usage for umbrella project

1. Create an umbrella project

    mix new my_umbrella_app --umbrella
   

2. Add exsync to your mix.exs dependencies:

def deps do
  [ {:exsync, "~> 0.2", only: :dev} ]
end

3. start your umbrella project with exsync task

    iex -S mix exsync
   

Config

1. add your own dirs to monitor, if you want monitor priv dir, use such config:

config :exsync, :addition_dirs, ["/priv"]

2. add your own extensions

config :exsync, :extensions, [".erl", ".hrl", ".ex", ".tpl"]

3. Add an MFA callback so that your code can implement special handling when files are done reloading.

Example config:

config :exsync,
  reload_timeout: 75,
  reload_callback: {MyApp.MyModule, :handle_reload, [42]}

This will call your MyApp.MyModule module after there have been no new reloads detected after 75ms. Specifically it will make a call like MyApp.MyModule.handle_reload(42) (any items you put in the list will be added as arguments to Task.start/3)