Multiple files changed = multiple reloads. Global debounce?

[fregante]

My gulp workflow sometimes will yield multiple html files (e.g. I change a Jade partial and 3 dependent files are regenerated) within 1-2 seconds. This cause BS to reload as many times as the number of files, sometimes actually missing the last one (incidentally exactly the one I have open in the browser).

Is there a way to debounce these refreshes? Ideally it should happen either:

• _.debounce(refresh, 1000), a second after the last file changes, or
• _.debounce(refresh, 1000, {leading:true}), as soon as the first file changes and a second after the last file changes

[fregante]

Ah, I just found #134 and that's actually better! I excluded html files from browserSync and added browserSync.reload to my watch task:

var gulp  = require('gulp');
var browserSync = require('browser-sync');
var dest = './dist';

gulp.task('browserSync', function() {
  browserSync({
        files: [
            dest + '/**',
            '!' + dest + '/**/*.html'
        ]
    });
});
gulp.task('watch', ['browserSync'], function() {
  gulp.watch(config.markup.src, ['html', browserSync.reload]);
});

I was afraid I would have to .pipe() that reload function after each task, but this is a lot better

[fregante]

Actually, this has become an issue again since I started using BS from the command-line. I googled for a solution and ended up back on this issue :D

[shakyShane]

Small sample project highlighting the issue? :)

[shinnn]

@bfred-it Any updates?

[fregante]

This is a sample project that simulates the behavior with gulp while launching BS from CLI:
DOWNLOAD

Keep in mind that I wouldn't be able to solve the issue it like I did in my second post (i.e. within gulp itself)

gulp # in separate window
browser-sync start --server --files "dist/*.html"  --startPath "dist/a.html"

Demo. Notice how the timestamp changes 3 times

[shakyShane]

@bfred-it - thanks!

File watching is undergoing a rewrite currently so we'll make sure this is fixed also :)

[fregante]

Woot!

[shakyShane]

2.6.0 has reload-delay & reload-debounce available on the CLI

[CYFERIOUS]

hey my browsersync is reloading every 43 ms, its impossible to work , some help?