From 9d1a63c6a64de477e1e7dc6520a32885dca0b0f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Remy Sharp <remy@remysharp.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:39:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH]  fix: allow watching relative path files (#1385)

Fixes #1355
---
 doc/cli/help.txt           |  2 +-
 lib/monitor/match.js       |  3 ++-
 test/monitor/match.test.js | 14 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/cli/help.txt b/doc/cli/help.txt
index 11b749f..adc4ba8 100644
--- a/doc/cli/help.txt
+++ b/doc/cli/help.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   --config file ............ alternate nodemon.json config file to use
   -e, --ext ................ extensions to look for, ie. js,jade,hbs.
   -x, --exec app ........... execute script with "app", ie. -x "python -v".
-  -w, --watch dir........... watch directory "dir" or files. use once for
+  -w, --watch path.......... watch directory "path" or files. use once for
                              each directory or file to watch.
   -i, --ignore ............. ignore specific files or directories.
   -V, --verbose ............ show detail on what is causing restarts.
diff --git a/lib/monitor/match.js b/lib/monitor/match.js
index 1c7c4cf..3261ced 100644
--- a/lib/monitor/match.js
+++ b/lib/monitor/match.js
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ function match(files, monitor, ext) {
       return '!**' + (prefix !== path.sep ? path.sep : '') + s.slice(1);
     }
 
-    if (s.slice(0, 2) === '..') {
+    // if it starts with a period, then let's get the relative path
+    if (s.indexOf('.') === 0) {
       return path.resolve(cwd, s);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/monitor/match.test.js b/test/monitor/match.test.js
index 19674f3..6f59db6 100644
--- a/test/monitor/match.test.js
+++ b/test/monitor/match.test.js
@@ -557,4 +557,18 @@ describe('watcher', function() {
       }
     );
   });
+
+  it('should watch relative paths', function() {
+    const monitor = match.rulesToMonitor([ './http.js' ], [], {
+      dirs: [],
+    });
+
+    var matched = match(
+      ['http.js'],
+      monitor,
+      'js,mjs,json'
+    );
+    assert(matched.result.length === 1, 'found match ' + matched.results);
+  });
+
 });