bobmcwhirter/awestruct — Issue #40: Output file not generated upon subsequent change to a file
Author: mojavelinux
Created: 2011-11-01 06:51:17+00:00
State: open

The first time a file is changed when running in development mode, the output file is generated as expected. However, subsequent changes to that file do not trigger regeneration, even though the file monitor is reporting that the file changed.

Follow these steps to duplicate this issue:

# run the awestruct.org website in development mode
# change the file extensions/disqus.md
# see that the output file is generated
# change the file extensions/disqus.md
# see that the change is detected, but the output file is not generated

Ideally, the file monitor should be connected to the generator. The change to the file is detected immediately by the file monitor. Especially when quick feedback is needed, it would be nice if the generator worked on that file first...then moved on to a more general scan.