Restart server on build changes

[damien-roche]

I have setup a project using alpas init myapp.web.

I have then successfully started the server using alpas serve (also tried alpas watch).

I then change the default WelcomeController but changes are not picked up even with a separate gradle build --continuous (which does pick up changes and recompile).

Let me know if you need further info.

What I would expect is the server to restart when new changes are detected in build, ideally to not restart unnecessarily when, for example, asset changes are detected.

[ashokgelal]

I played with this for couple of hours and unfortunately, couldn't make it to work. Like you said, it re-compiles just fine but the server restart isn't happening. Looking around it looks like a common issue. I'll keep digging into it further as this annoys me too but I can't promise to fix this right away. Eventually I'd like to actually write a plugin for https://github.com/HotswapProjects/HotswapAgent, which may be better anyway.

You probably already know this but you don't need to restart the server for assets changes. Here's the doc that explains it what you have to do: https://alpas.dev/docs/mixing-assets#watching-changes-and-auto-reloading