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Gulp 4 browserSync reload

I'm having trouble with browserSync I can't get reload do trigger after trying several different methods. BrowserSync itself is up and running although when I manually reload nothing happens I have to open a new tab to see any changes. I'm not really understanding gulp 4 and all the sources I have watched seem to be using completely different methods to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated feel free to ask any questions.

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var gulp = require('gulp');
var sass = require('gulp-sass');
var concatcss = require('gulp-concat');
var concatjs = require('gulp-concat');
var uglifycss = require('gulp-uglifycss');
var reload = require('browser-sync').reload();
var nunjucks = require('gulp-nunjucks-render');
var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();


sass.compiler = require('node-sass');

gulp.task('sass', function () {
 return gulp.src('./Edit/sass/*.scss')
   .pipe(sass().on('error', sass.logError))
   .pipe(gulp.dest('./Edit/css'));
});

gulp.task('concatcss', function() {
  return gulp.src('./Edit/css/*.css')
    .pipe(concatcss('style.css'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('./Edit/css/concated/'));
});

gulp.task('concatjs', function() {
  return gulp.src('./Edit/java-script/*.js')
    .pipe(concatjs('scripts.js'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('./Upload/js/'));
});

gulp.task('css', function () {
  return gulp.src('./Edit/css/concated/*.css')
    .pipe(uglifycss({
      "maxLineLen": 80,
      "uglyComments": true
    }))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('./upload/css'));
});

 
gulp.task('browserSync', function() {

  browserSync.init({
     server: {
         baseDir: "./Upload/"
     }
 });

});


gulp.task('run',gulp.parallel('browserSync', gulp.series('sass','concatcss','concatjs','css')));

gulp.task('watch', function(){
    gulp.watch('./Edit/sass/*.scss',gulp.series('sass'));
    gulp.watch('./Edit/css/*.css',gulp.series('concatcss'));
    gulp.watch('./Edit/java-script/*.js',gulp.series('concatjs')); // maybe put extra task in all gulp series for browser sync
    gulp.watch('./Edit/css/concated/*.css', gulp.series('css'));

});

gulp.task('default', gulp.parallel('watch', 'run'));

Solution

  • For anyone else having trouble here is my solution, simply add this .on('change', browserSync.relod) to the end of the desired watch.

    gulp.task('watch', function(){
    gulp.watch('./Edit/sass/*.scss',gulp.series('sass'));
    gulp.watch('./Edit/css/*.css',gulp.series('concatcss'));
    gulp.watch('./Edit/java-script/*.js',gulp.series('concatjs')); // maybe put extra task in all gulp series for browser sync
    gulp.watch('./Edit/css/concated/*.css', gulp.series('css'));
    gulp.watch('./Upload/css/*.css').on('change', browserSync.reload);
    gulp.watch('./Upload/js/*.js').on('change', browserSync.reload);

});