From bfdd045c94b4bb5d25f32fbcdc23795f8068be51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: remy <remy@remysharp.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 17:04:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Updated to dynamic reload the ignore list if the ignore file
 changes

---
 nodemon | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nodemon b/nodemon
index 9ddbc88..a3240ed 100755
--- a/nodemon
+++ b/nodemon
@@ -76,15 +76,23 @@ function startMonitor() {
   });
 }
 
-require('path').exists(ignoreFilePath, function () {
+function readIgnoreFile() {
+  sys.log('[nodemon] reading ignore list');
   var lines = fs.readFileSync(ignoreFilePath).toString().split(/\n/);
+  ignoreFiles = [flag];
   lines.forEach(function (line) {
     // remove comments and trim lines
     line = line.replace(/#.*$/, '').replace(/^(\s|\u00A0)+|(\s|\u00A0)+$/g, '');
     if (line) {
       ignoreFiles.push(line);
     }
-  });
+  }); 
+}
+
+require('path').exists(ignoreFilePath, function () {
+  readIgnoreFile();
+  // monitor the ignore file for any changes and reload the script if it does change
+  fs.watchFile(ignoreFilePath, { persistent: false }, readIgnoreFile);
 });
 
 // touch