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Strapi watchIgnoreFiles

My server always restarting when I edit an file in my project but I want to exclude the logs directory.

I've tried to use watchIgnoreFiles in my server.js but it doesn't work.

Can you help me thanks

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Solution

  • If you're using Strapi v4 you need to move your watchIgnoreFiles setting from server.js to admin.js. To exclude the whole logs folder use this example:

    module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  // some other variables are here
  watchIgnoreFiles: [
    '**/logs',
    './logs'
  ]
});

    This forum thread may help as well: https://forum.strapi.io/t/change-file-without-triggering-a-reload-of-strapi/4026/7