watch files when their inode changes?

[Fil]

I was doing tests with zip files, adding contents with:

zip docs/archive.zip file.txt

The page that depends on this file updates once, then stops watching the file.

After tracking down this bug it appears that zip changes the inode of the file. I can do this instead, which doesn't change the inode (and allows the dev server to keep watching):

zip docs/archive.tmp.zip file.txt && cat docs/archive.tmp.zip > docs/archive.zip

It would be nice to watch file changes even when their inode changes.

[mbostock]

Feels like a bug to me. I’d guess most people won’t know why the watcher stopped working. 😅