CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See commit-and-tag-version for commit guidelines.

10.0.0-0 (2026-02-13)

Features

• add kill timeout (98d5e18)
• typescript types (8682363)

9.0.0 (2026-02-12)

Features

• lint, updates (9ab1b96)
• run tests (7e797f2)

Bug Fixes

• datetimeformat (8ae33d9)
• drop node 18 (528cc71)
• limit init (e9688f3)

v8.0.0 / 2022-12-30

• Suppress experimental warnings in node v18 (@tmont)
• Drop support for node v12, new minimum version of node is v14 (@bjornstar)
• [devDependencies] Update @types/node, eslint, husky, lint-staged, & tap (@bjornstar)

v7.4.3 / 2022-04-17

• [loaders] Pass on unsupported extension errors when format is not builtin or commonjs (@bjornstar)
• [devDependencies] Update most devDependencies to their latest versions (@bjornstar)
• [dependencies] Update minimist, resolve & semver (@bjornstar)

v7.4.2 / 2022-03-29

• [wrap] Worker threads inherit node arguments, we only need the main thread to listen for file changes (@lehni)

v7.4.1 / 2022-03-27

• [loaders] Do not attempt to resolve urls unless they are file:// urls (@bjornstar)

v7.4.0 / 2022-03-26

• Use --require to invoke the wrapper (@kherock)
• [loaders] Use fileURLToPath to ensure support on Windows (@kherock)
• [wrap] Suppress warnings about using experimental loaders (@kherock)
• [tests] Ensure tests pass even if warnings are emitted (@bjornstar)
• [CI] Add tests for node v12.10, v12.16, and v17 (@bjornstar)

v7.3.1 / 2022-03-24

• Add --experimental-modules for ESM module support on node <12.17 (@bjornstar)
• Use ipc.mjs for get-source-loader.mjs (@bjornstar)
• [test] Move extensions options tests into their own directory (@bjornstar)

v7.3.0 / 2022-03-22

• Add --no-warnings node option (@lehni)
• Enable ESM support when package type is set to module (@lehni)

v7.2.0 / 2022-03-04

• Add --preserve-symlinks node option
• Update tap to v15.1.6
• Update eslint to v8.10.0
• README Fix typo
• Add a more explicit test for "All command-line arguments that are not node-dev options are passed on to the node process."
• README Add special note about delimiting scripts

v7.1.0 / 2021-10-24

• [ESM] Update experimental-loader to use new load method from node v16.12.0 onwards

Developer Updates

• @types/node updated from v14.14.37 to v16.11.3
• eslint updated from v7.25.0 to v8.0.1
• husky updated from v6.0.0 to v7.0.4
• lint-staged updated from v10.5.4 to v11.2.3
• ts-node-maintained updated from v9.1.1 to v10.3.1
• [CI] Start testing on windows
• [test/utils] touchFile can take a path
• [test/typescript] Use message.ts instead of message.js

v7.0.0 / 2021-05-04

• [CLI] Improve command-line parsing, restore support for --require with a space
• README Move images into repo and fix URLs
• [dependencies] Update minimist from v1.1.3 to v1.2.5
• [.npmignore] Add more config files

Developer Updates

• [CI] Add github workflows
• [CI] Add appveyor
• [CI] Start testing against node v16
• [CI] Stop testing against node v10
• [test/spawn] Split index into multiple files
• [test/utils] Replaced directory of files with a single module that contains two methods: spawn and touchFile
• [test/utils/run] Moved run function directly into the run file
• [devDependenies] Update eslint from v7.23.0 to v7.25.0

v6.7.0 / 2021-04-07

• [New Option] --debounce to control how long to wait before restarting
• [New Option] --interval to adjust the polling interval when enabled
• [test] Stop using tap aliases
• [husky] Migrate from v4 to v6
• [dependencies] Update semver from v7.3.4 to v7.3.5
• [devDependencies] Update @types/node, eslint, husky, & tap

v6.6.0 / 2021-03-23

• --clear now clears the screen on first start
• --clear uses \u001bc instead of \033[2J\033[H
• [.eslintrc] Add rules for semicolons and whitespace
• [test/cli] Add tests for clear
• [test/spawn] Add tests for clear
• [test/spawn] Move into directory
• [test/utils/spawn] Strip out control char when logging
• [lib/clear] Move clear logic into separate file
• [lib/index] Group similar code

v6.5.0 / 2021-03-19

• [.npmignore] We can ignore some dotfiles that aren't necessary for the module to function
• [.gitignore] Add package-lock.json
• Prefer extracting only the method names from modules that we require, this is a preparatory step for switching to import statements and enables tree shaking.
• Prefer using triple equals instead of double.
• Prefer using arrow functions
• [lib/ignore.js] Move ignore logic into its own file
• [lib/local-path.js] Move local path function into its own file
• [lib/log.js] Convert to ES6
• [lib/notify.js] Convert to ES6
• [test] Finish converting to ES6 style code

v6.4.0 / 2021-03-02

• Update node-notifier
• Remove the SIGTERM listener when a signal is received so that other listeners don't see ours.

v6.3.1 / 2021-03-02

• Remove coffeescript tests and dev dependency
• Use eslint:recommended instead of airbnb-base/legacy
• Add prettier
• Add package-lock.json
• Add lint-staged
• Update the README

v6.3.0 / 2021-02-22

• Stop disconnecting from child processes, this should prevent internal EPIPE errors
• Stop adding filewatchers until child processes have completed exiting
• [IPC] Stop listening on message
• [IPC] Remove extraneous dest arguments
• [IPC] Add a connected guard on relay
• [Test] Move cluster from run to spawn
• [Test] Fix typo in cluster test
• [Test] Cluster test now waits for children processes to successfully start up again
• [Test] Add guards to IPC and cluster tests to prevent process exit from ending the test a 2nd time
• [dependency] Update semver from v7.3.2 to v7.3.4
• [devDependency] Remove nyc
• [devDependency] Update @types/node, eslint, eslint-config-airbnb-base, tap, ts-node-maintained, & typescript
• [Vagrantfile] Remove Vagrantfile
• [README] Fix typo (@ivalsaraj)

v6.2.0 / 2020-10-15

• Handle multiple values of arguments in command line (Fixes #238)

v6.1.0 / 2020-10-15

• Manually wrangle node args so that we can handle -- args coming before - args (Fixes #236)

v6.0.0 / 2020-10-14

• Support ESModules in node v12.11.1+ using get-source-loader.mjs and resolve-loader.mjs for earlier versions (Fixes #212)
• Pass all unknown arguments to node (Fixes #198)
• Add a test case for typescript using require on the command line
• Add a test case for coffeescript using require on the command line
• Add a test case for --experimental-specifier-resolution=node
• Add a test case for --inspect
• Add ts-node-maintained/register as a default extension (Fixes #182)
• [README.md] Updated to explain ESModule usage, node arguments, and typescript
• [test/utils/touch-file] Now takes the filename as an argument
• [test/utils/spawn] Also calls the callback with stderr output

v5.2.0 / 2020-08-19

• [lib/ipc.js] Do not send unless connected

v5.1.0 / 2020-07-28

• [wrap.js] Improve uncaughtException handling to turn non-errors into errors (Fixes #231)
• [ipc.js] Declare NODE_DEV as a variable
• [ipc.js] Inline single line function only used twice
• [tests] Filenames should be snake-case

v5.0.0 / 2020-07-08

• Remove --all-deps and --no-deps CLI options, use --deps=-1 or --deps=0 respectively
• Unify cli and cfg logic to ensure CLI always overrides config files
• Load order for config files now matches what is in the README
• Add tests for notify, CLI should override config files
• All config now have clear default values
• Use more ES6 code
• Rename resolveMain.js to resolve-main.js

v4.3.0 / 2020-07-03

• Enable --notify by default and add tests
• Disable by passing --notify=false
• Move cli code out of bin
• Start testing cli interface
• Add bin to lint

v4.2.0 / 2020-07-03

• No longer sets NODE_ENV to development

v4.1.0 / 2020-07-02

• Update devDependencies:
  • eslint: from v2.0.0 to v7.3.1
  • eslint-config-airbnb-base: from v3.0.1 to v14.2.0
  • eslint-plugin-import: from v1.8.1 to v2.22.0
  • tap: from v12.6.2 to v14.10.7
  • touch: from v1.0.0 to v3.1.0
• Removed windows restriction for graceful_ipc
• No longer attempts to send SIGTERM to disconnected child processes
• [package.json] Set minimum node version to 10
• [package.json] Changed test script to be more cross-platform
• [tests] Split tests into 3 separate files
• [tests] Removed a few opportunities for race conditions to occur
• [tests] Some filesystems have single second precision, so tests now wait a minimum of 1 second before touching a file

v4.0.0 / 2019-04-22

• Update dependencies:
  • dynamic-dedupe: from v0.2.0 to v0.3.0
  • node-notifier: from v4.0.2 to v5.4.0
• Update devDependencies:
  • From coffee-script v1.8.0 to coffeescript v2.4.1
• Add option 'graceful_ipc' for windows children
• Read config from CWD as well as script dir
• Ignore package-lock.json for git and npm
• TravisCI: Test node v6 - 11, stop testing node v5
• Update README for how babel is now packages
• Specify minimum node version as >=6

v3.1.3 / 2016-05-30

• Update docs
• Fix eslint errors
• Re-enable test for #134

v3.1.2 / 2016-05-28

• Proof against weird require.extensions. See #134.
• Ensure method patching works when filename arguments are missing. See #135.

v3.1.1 / 2016-05-02

• Enable --notify by default again. See #125.
• Support filename option passed to VM methods. Fixes #130.

v3.1.0 / 2016-02-22

• Add --no-notify to disable desktop notifications. See #120.
• Fix --no-deps option. See #119.

v3.0.0 / 2016-01-29

• Add --respawn to keep watching after a process exits. See #104.
• Don't terminate the child process if a custom uncaughtException handler is registered. See #113.
• Handle -r and --require node options correctly. See #111.
• Add support for passing options to transpilers. See #109.
• Handle --no-deps correctly. See #108.
• Switch to airbnb code style
• Use greenkeeper.io to keep dependencies up to date

v2.7.1 / 2015-08-21

• Add --poll to fix #87
• Switch from commander to minimist
• Fix issues introduced in 2.7.0. See #102 for details.

v2.7.0 / 2015-08-17

• Support ignoring file paths, e.g. for universal (isomorphic) apps. See README for more details.
• Use commander for CLI argument parsing instead of custom code.
• Extract LICENSE file.
• Upgrade tap module to 1.3.2.
• Use touch module instead of custom code.