From 633cd67639f4874ebb1a3450f98739a8af586096 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ali asaria <aliasaria@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 13:05:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] poll files to look for changes when on windows
---
src/main/main.ts | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/main/main.ts b/src/main/main.ts
index 8767c56b..122c8746 100644
--- a/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/src/main/main.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
checkDependencies,
checkIfCondaBinExists,
getLogFilePath,
+ isPlatformWindows,
} from './util';
import installExtension, {
@@ -147,7 +148,16 @@ const startListeningToServerLog = async () => {
}
fs.writeFileSync(logFile, '');
}
- let tail = new Tail(logFile);
+
+ let tailOptions = {};
+
+ // If we are on windows, the engine runs in WSL2 but the app runs in Windows so
+ // iNotify doesn't work. We need to use polling.
+ if (isPlatformWindows()) {
+ tailOptions = { useWatchFile: true, fsWatchOptions: { interval: 500 } };
+ }
+
+ let tail = new Tail(logFile, tailOptions);
let currentlySubscribed = false;
@@ -167,7 +177,7 @@ const startListeningToServerLog = async () => {
}
currentlySubscribed = true;
- tail = new Tail(logFile);
+ tail = new Tail(logFile, tailOptions);
tail.on('line', function (data) {
// console.log('main.js: line', data);
--
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