Python Hot Reload

Python Hot Reload starts the given program and reloads it whenever any file changes in the current directory or imported modules.

Installation

You can install the Python Hot Reload from PyPI:

python -m pip install py-hot-reload

Python Hot Reload is supported on Python 3.6 and above.

How to use

Python Hot Reload has a command line implementation called py-hot-reload. To see help message, call the program with -h, --help:

$ py-hot-reload -h
Usage: py-hot-reload [OPTIONS] PYTHON_FILE

Options:
-V, --version                   Show the version and exit.
-C, --copyright                 Show the copyright and exit.
-v, --verbose                   Verbose.
-ep, --extra-patterns TEXT      Extra patterns
-ip, --ignore-patterns TEXT     Ignore patterns
-i, --interval INTEGER          Interval
--add-current-folder-to-patterns
                                Add current folder to patterns.
--ignore-venv-and-python-lib    Ignore venv and python lib.
-h, --help                      Show this message and exit.

To run ignoring certain patterns, run using -ip, --ignore-patterns:

$ py-hot-reload -ip="*.txt;*/dir/*" <python-file>

To run with extra patterns, run using -ep, --extra-patterns:

$ py-hot-reload -ep="*.txt;*/dir/*" <python-file>

You can also call the Python Hot Reload in your own Python code, by importing from the py_hot_reload package:

import py_hot_reload

def main():
    print(1)

py_hot_reload.run_with_reloader(main)