Restart is not triggered for files in a directory.

[brkc]

• nodemon -v: 1.15.1
• node -v: v8.9.4
• Operating system/terminal environment: Windows 10 Pro x64 / cmd
• Command you ran: nodemon -C --watch broken\touchme.txt --exec "echo changed"

Expected behaviour

When I change the file, it prints "changed".

Actual behaviour

It does not print "changed".

---

This works in 1.14.12.

> npx [email protected] -C --watch broken\touchme.txt --exec "echo changed"
...
[nodemon] 1.14.12
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching: broken\touchme.txt
[nodemon] restarting due to changes...
[nodemon] starting `echo changed`
changed
[nodemon] clean exit - waiting for changes before restart

It does nothing in 1.15.1.

> npx [email protected] -C --watch broken\touchme.txt --exec "echo changed"
...
[nodemon] 1.15.1
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching: broken\touchme.txt

[remy]

I think this might be a dupe issue. Don't have my laptop to hand to confirm though.

[brkc]

In any case, here's some additional debug info in case it's helpful.

1.14.12

> cross-env DEBUG=nodemon:* npx [email protected] --verbose -C --watch broken\touchme.txt --exec "echo changed"
...
[nodemon] 1.14.12
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] or send SIGHUP to 14248 to restart
[nodemon] watching: broken\touchme.txt
[nodemon] watching extensions: js,mjs,json
[nodemon] spawning
[nodemon] child pid: 24048
  nodemon:watch watching dir: broken\touchme.txt +0ms
[nodemon] watching 1 file
[nodemon] files triggering change check: Broken\touchme.txt
  nodemon:watch filterAndRestart on [ 'Broken\\touchme.txt' ] +10s
  nodemon:match rules [ '!**\\**/.git/**',
  '!**\\**/.nyc_output/**',
  '!**\\**/.sass-cache/**',
  '!**\\**/bower_components/**',
  '!**\\**/coverage/**',
  '!**\\**/node_modules/**',
  '**\\broken\\touchme.txt' ] +0ms
  nodemon:match match C:\w\test\Broken\touchme.txt true +8ms
[nodemon] matched rule: **\broken\touchme.txt
  nodemon:match good [] +3ms
  nodemon:watch matched? {"result":["c:\\w\\test\\Broken\\touchme.txt"],"ignored":0,"watched":1,"total":1} +18ms
[nodemon] changes after filters (before/after): 1/1
[nodemon] restarting due to changes...
[nodemon] Broken\touchme.txt

[nodemon] starting `echo changed`
[nodemon] spawning
[nodemon] child pid: 22260
  nodemon:watch early exit on watch, still watching (1) +119ms
[nodemon] files triggering change check: Broken\touchme.txt
  nodemon:watch filterAndRestart on [ 'Broken\\touchme.txt' ] +2ms
  nodemon:match rules [ '!**\\**/.git/**',
  '!**\\**/.nyc_output/**',
  '!**\\**/.sass-cache/**',
  '!**\\**/bower_components/**',
  '!**\\**/coverage/**',
  '!**\\**/node_modules/**',
  '**\\broken\\touchme.txt' ] +125ms
  nodemon:match match C:\w\test\Broken\touchme.txt true +3ms
[nodemon] matched rule: **\broken\touchme.txt
  nodemon:match good [] +3ms
  nodemon:watch matched? {"result":["c:\\w\\test\\Broken\\touchme.txt"],"ignored":0,"watched":1,"total":1} +8ms
[nodemon] changes after filters (before/after): 1/1
[nodemon] restarting due to changes...
[nodemon] Broken\touchme.txt

changed
[nodemon] starting `echo changed`
[nodemon] spawning
[nodemon] child pid: 16808
  nodemon:watch early exit on watch, still watching (1) +614ms
changed
[nodemon] clean exit - waiting for changes before restart

1.15.1

> cross-env DEBUG=nodemon:* npx [email protected] --verbose -C --watch broken\touchme.txt --exec "echo changed"
...
[nodemon] 1.15.1
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] or send SIGHUP to 3020 to restart
[nodemon] watching: broken\touchme.txt
[nodemon] watching extensions: js,mjs,json
[nodemon] spawning
[nodemon] child pid: 7276
  nodemon:watch watching dir: touchme.txt +0ms
  nodemon:watch watching dir: touchme2.txt +12ms
[nodemon] watching 2 files
[nodemon] files triggering change check: ..\Touchme.txt
  nodemon:watch filterAndRestart on [ 'broken\\Touchme.txt' ] +55s
  nodemon:match rules [ '!**\\**/.git/**',
  '!**\\**/.nyc_output/**',
  '!**\\**/.sass-cache/**',
  '!**\\**/bower_components/**',
  '!**\\**/coverage/**',
  '!**\\**/node_modules/**',
  '**\\broken\\touchme.txt' ] +0ms
  nodemon:match match C:\w\test\broken\Touchme.txt true +5ms
[nodemon] matched rule: **\broken\touchme.txt
  nodemon:match good [ 'C:\\w\\test\\broken\\Touchme.txt' ] +3ms
  nodemon:watch matched? {"result":[],"ignored":0,"watched":1,"total":1} +15ms
[nodemon] changes after filters (before/after): 1/0

[remy]

Going to close this as a dupe of #1251. Your reported error is pretty much the same, and I'm pretty certain it's caused by the same code change, so if you don't mind, we'll track it there 👍

[remy]

…hmm, actually, I'm going to re-open this issue. I'm digging more into the detail you've included and I'm starting to believe this isn't a dupe, but something else.

[remy]

@brkc I've just pushed a tweaked version with a minor change, but windows specific. In lieu of me getting my windows machine running tomorrow, can you give it a test using npm i -g nodemon@debug - it should resolve with [email protected] - and just repeat your test case.

[remy]

Okay, I think I know what the -C change is - I tried to change too much in one go (to make it test'able, but I don't think I needed it anyway).

I'll tidy it up and package for release tomorrow.

[brkc]

Sorry, forgot to close this for you. Looks good!