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New `watch` option pointing directly at Eleventy output folder will trigger two reload events

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling, web-dev

Research direction

Start at server.js line 82 and review how a watch option pointing at _site is handled. Reproduce with watch: ["_site"] and confirm the two reload events described in the issue. Done means the Eleventy output-folder watch no longer causes duplicate reloads.

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Description

bug

One from Eleventy, one from the dev server.

e.g. watch: ["_site"]

Follow up to #19.

https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-dev-server/blob/ca8c8e9a8664f60551816ef86ca2f69d73cc8005/server.js#L82

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
109
Forks
19
Avg merge
6d 3h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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