Version 7.01 doesn't observe source code changes anymore

In version 6.01 making a change in the source will cause webpack to re-compile the changes. Nothing happens in version 7.01 now. The only way to get the changes is by kiling the dev server and running again. I’m using Ubuntu 20.04

To replicate

• Create a basic project e.g. the example folder in the repo. Example: https://github.com/sporto/elm-webpack-7-repro

• Install version 6.01

• Run npm run dev

• Open the browser, see Hello ...

• Make a change in the Content.elm, observe the change in the browser

• Then repeat using version 7.01

• Observe how the page doesn’t change when changing the code

[sporto]

As of version 4.5.0 of the webpack cli you cannot pass --watch anymore to the dev server. ie. webpack serve --watch will throw an error.

Without --watch the loader doesn’t recompile changes. So atm this loader seems to be incompatible with webpack-cli 4.5. Unless I’m missing some options that need to be passed somewhere else.

https://github.com/elm-community/elm-webpack-loader/issues/198

[DawidJanczak]

This bug is still a thing, but it only occurs for files that are imported from other files. Entry points load just fine, that’s why it’s working in that example repo @simonh1000 - there’s only one Elm file there. Adding --watch option to webpack does work, however it recompiles all the files instead of just the one that’s been changed.