eye

A super simple live reloader for go programs. it watches the files relevant and reloads the program when changes happen.

install

go install github.com/kyledickey/eye@latest

usage

eye                                # run the package in the current directory
eye ./cmd/server                   # run a different package
eye ./cmd/server -addr :3000       # pass arguments to the program
eye -- -addr :3000                 # same, for the package in the current dir
eye --ext go,tmpl -w . -w ../lib   # watch more things
eye --debug                        # see everything eye is doing

then you see

eye ◉ 11:56PM INF watching pkg=./cmd/server dirs=3
eye ◉ 11:56PM INF started took=106m
...
# your app logs
...
eye ◉ 11:57PM INF changed file=cmd/server/main.go
eye ◉ 11:57PM INF reloaded took=98ms

files compiled in with //go:embed trigger a reload too

flag	default	what it does
-w, --watch	.	directories to watch
-e, --ext	go,mod,sum	file extensions that trigger a reload
-i, --ignore	vendor,node_modules,testdata,tmp	directory names to skip
-d, --delay	100ms	how long changes must settle before reload
--debug	off	show debug logs

license

MIT