rocwindmsf-cli
msf(My Sync Folders) listens to changes between 2 folders and try to keep them in sync by copying changed files into the other folder. It's inspired by wml but different in following places:
- you don't need to create
linksfirst, msf just does its job on launch - msf syncs folders in bi-direction
Install
msf depends on watchman to monitor file changes, please install watchman first.
npm install -g msf-cli
Usage
msf ~/my-package ~/my-project/node_modules/my-package
use msf --help to see all supported options
.msfignore
a .msfignore file under source folder, follows .gitignore syntax can help to ignore files from being synced.
since msf is based on watchman, a .watchmanconfig with below example contents can also help to ignore files:
{
"ignore_dirs": ["node_modules"]
}Why
Symlinks are not supported in react-native currently, check this thread. Copy files is almost the only option to develop a shared package for RN project, the reason we want it bi-directional is sometimes, editing native code in RN project (xcode/Android studio) is more convenient to try things out and we want the edits can be synced back to source package.