fix: statyk watcher

[anuraghazra]

The watcher doesn't seem to rebuild pages with new content, instead only rebuilds with old cache.

[saurabhdaware]

Didn't check the codebase yet but if at any place you're using require, that can be issue. You can clear require cache https://github.com/abelljs/abell/blob/main/src/commands/serve.js#L133

[anuraghazra]

Ahh interesting. Thanks I'll try it out. although have to consider also about ESM modules, there currently doesn't seem any way to access module cache nodejs/help#2806

[saurabhdaware]

are you using esm with the "module" keyword in package.json? or is it bundled?

You can also console.log(require.cache) to check if the modules are cached there or not.

[saurabhdaware]

Oh came across similar issue in Abell v1. This time with import.

You can clear the normal import cache with-

import { createRequire } from 'module';
const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);

// ....

delete require.cache['./your-module.js'] 

and dynamic import cache with

import('./your-module?update=' + Date.now())

This article has some information - https://ar.al/2021/02/22/cache-busting-in-node.js-dynamic-esm-imports/