[Bug]: livereload-ignore option doesn't work

[wlabarron]

Operating System

macOS 14.1.2

Ruby Version

ruby 3.2.2 (2023-03-30 revision e51014f9c0) [arm64-darwin23]

Jekyll Version

jekyll 4.3.2

GitHub Pages Version

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Expected Behavior

After specifying ^\.wrangler\/ in the livereload-ignore config parameter or the --livereload_ignore command line argument, files changing in the .wrangler directory should not trigger a live reload when running bundler exec jekyll serve --livereload.

Current Behavior

Files changing in the .wrangler directory trigger a live reload, and the verbose output shows that .wrangler is not making it to jekyll-watch for ignoring:

         Requiring: jekyll-watch
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^_config\.yml)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^_site\/)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^package\.json)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^package\-lock\.json)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^README\.md)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^\.jekyll\-cache\/)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^Gemfile)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^Gemfile\.lock)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^node_modules\/)
 Auto-regeneration: enabled for '[project path]'
LiveReload address: http://127.0.0.1:35729

Relevant log output

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Code Sample

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[wlabarron]

This can be worked around by putting the path to ignore in the exclude config parameter, but will mean that path is also not considered when building the site.

[mslinn]

I encountered this bug on Windows 10 with Jekyll 4.3.3. I used this configuration setting in _config.yml:

livereload_ignore: [ /assets/images/qrcodes/* ]

When my generator writes files into /assets/images/qrcodes/*, a reload is triggered. I need these files to be part of the site, so I cannot exclude them. Thus, the workaround suggested by @wlabarron is not an option.

Please fix this bug.