Gaze

lastmod 2021-07-27created 2021-07-273 edits

Run a command every time you save a file

Features

• A tool that automatically runs tests/linters/Docker builds, etc. when you change code
• Language/editor agnostic
  • Supports Go, Python, Ruby, JS, PHP, Java, Kotlin, Rust, C++, Docker, etc. out of the box
  • Commands can be specified per file type with ?, *, **, etc.
• Mac/Windows/Linux
• Run options
  • -c: Specify the action to run on change. gaze a.py -c 'python "{{file}}"'
  • -r: Kill the existing process and restart
  • -t 1000: Wait 1000ms before killing the existing process (when testing infinite loops, etc.)
• Also supports the create-and-rename save behavior of Vim, Visual Studio, etc.
• Excellent parallel processing
  • If you update again while a process is auto-running after an update, it waits until the first process finishes
  • Even if you update twice while the first process is running, it runs only once more, on the final version
  • While a process is running for one changed file, if another file changes, it runs one more process
  • "Manages processes per command, not per file"
• Open-source CLI written in Go

See also

• autorun
• cron

Favorite site

• Github - gaze