Question about :watch-dir: if my server's resource handler root is public/assets, should :watch-dir be the subdirectory I want to reload? in this case my directory structure is

- resources
  - public
    - assets
      - css
      - js

whats the path the css is loaded from /css/foo.css or /assets/css/foo.css?

https://code.thheller.com/blog/shadow-cljs/2021/05/13/paths-paths-paths.html

assets/css/styles.css

then resources/public seems to be your root? so :watch-dir "resources/public"

this is the route I'm using in Reitit

["assets/*" {:handler (r/create-resource-handler {:root "public/assets"})}]

I'm also using deps.edn for source paths, but I'm guessing that doesn't matter.

yep, still fits?

yeah, doesn't work for some reason. I'll tinker with it

I'm assuming here that this handler is at the ROOT. so /assets/css/foo.css

you said assets/css/styles.css which is a relative path, so if its somewhat deeper nested that will not work

what is the actual final url for the css file?

Absolute path is /home/slothrop/Documents/clojure/cljs/stats/resources/public/assets/css/styles.css and then in my link it's /assets/css/styles.css

not talking about your filesystem path, that is irrelevant

but the second part is the relevant bit, so that seems fine

check the browser console, could be that shadow-cljs tries to reload the css file but just gets an older cached version from your server?

I don't see the usual load CSS message from shadow, just the ready message

and you are setting :watch-dir in the correct location in the build config? i.e. in :devtools?

yeah

sounds correct then