Changes by IDE in mounted directory not being watched?

[saitho]

Hi,

I'm currently using this docker-compose file to spin up my local development environment:

version: '2'
services:
  hugo_dev:
    image: jojomi/hugo:latest
    ports:
      - "1313:1313"
    environment:
      - HUGO_WATCH=1
    volumes:
      - ./src/:/src

When I edit a file in my IDE (IntelliJ) the file on the Docker container is updated, but Hugo does not recompile... When I log onto the container, open the file with vi and just write it again without making any changes Hugo recompiles and refreshes the site.

Any ideas how to fix that? :(

[saitho]

I found out that this is a technical problem on Windows. You need an additional tool to watch the files on the Windows system and tell the Docker container that it has changed. I used: https://www.npmjs.com/package/docker-windows-notifier

This tool only updates CHMOD which Hugo ignores atm. However there are discussions on the Hugo project: gohugoio/hugo#4054

That being said I'm closing this issue. ;)

[jojomi]

Thank you for providing feedback for others with similar problems!