YUI Compressor, endless minification loop for .js files
I added a YUI Compressor for Javascript on WS11, and made a simple javascript file, saved it, and to my horror started watching "temp.min.js" get created ... and then temp.min.min.js and temp.min.min.min.js and so on. I got all the way up to "temp.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.min.js" before I was able to kill WebStorm.
I didn't modify anything in the dialog where the watcher was set up, I left everything in its default state. I'm curious if anyone has seen this or has ideas on how to stop this from happening.
Thanks!
WebStorm 11.0.1
Ian
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.min.js files are still JavaScript files, and watcher listens to all them by default (watcher scope == 'project files', file type == 'javascript').
As a workaround I can suggest excluding minified files from watchers processing - create a new scope (Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Scopes) with minified files excluded (like file:.js&&!file:*.min.js), and choose this scope as your file watcher scope
Thank you Elena, that was spot on and helped me.
The pattern should be file:*.js&&!file:*.min.js though.
should be by default, still an issue in 2020
Excellent !!! Thanks !!!