Sencha cmd “app watch” fails

Question

I'm using Sencha Touch 2.3.1 Sencha Cmd v5.0.0.160

After I generated sencha application using the command:

sencha generate app -name Stam -path ../StamApp

I tried run sencha app watch using:

sencha app watch

And the error I got is:

C:\sencha\StamApp\.sencha\app\build-impl.xml:242: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\sencha\StamApp\.sencha\app\watch-impl.xml:60: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\sencha\StamApp\.sencha\app\watch-impl.xml:40: Unknown attribute [refname]

Line 40 in watch-impl.xml :

    <x-run-compass-watch directory="${app.sass.dir}" refName="compass-watch"/>

Note that I installed sass and compass, and it still doesn't work.

What am I missing?

Answer 1

For people like me:

look at rootdir/.sencha/app/watch-impl.xml

here find line with and replace :

<x-run-compass-watch directory="${app.sass.dir}" refName="compass-watch"/>

with

<x-run-compass-watch directory="${app.sass.dir}" /> <!--refName="compass-watch"-->

Start sencha app watch again and it runs.

Answer 2

This is a known bug, quoting an ExtJS Team Leader:

"Thanks all - that is the work around for this issue. We have it fixed for 5.0.1 and that is all it needed (removing "refName" from x-run-compass-watch call)"

Answer 3

I have tested it and I get the same error. It seems to be a bug, most likely in Sencha Cmd 5. Report it please on Sencha Forums .