npm run browser-sync on windows doesn't work

I have a project where I’m configuring my build steps through package.json scripts.

The following line for browser-sync:

"server": "browser-sync start --port 3000 --files 'dist/**/*' --server 'dist' --directory"

It works fine on OSX for me, but if my buddy runs npm run server on Windows 10 and opens localhost:3000, he just sees the Express Cannot GET /.

However, if he runs ./node_modules/.bin/browser-sync start --port 3000 --files 'dist/**/*' --server 'dist' --directory directly (not through npm) and opens localhost:3000 he gets a directory listing of the dist directory as expected.

node v5.3.0, npm v.3.3.12, browser-sync v2.10.1 and using git bash (cygwin didn’t make a difference).

What could be causing this issue and how do we get around it?

[codylindley]

So, this does not work on windows.

  "scripts": {
    "dev-server": "browser-sync --port 4000 --server 'dev-server' start --files 'dev-server/**/*.html,dev-server/**/*.css,dev-server/**/*.js' "
  },

but this does.

  "scripts": {
      "dev-server": "browser-sync --port 4000 --server \"dev-server\" start --files \"dev-server/**/*.html\" \"dev-server/**/*.css\" \"dev-server/**/*.js\" "
  },

Notice how I have to escape all of the ' with \".

[codylindley]

Anyone figure this out. I’m having the same issue. Works fine on mac. Works fine when not using ‘npm run’.