Nodemon ts-node can't watch for JavaScript changes

Question

This is my nodemon.json:

{
  "watch": ["src"],
  "ext": "ts",
  "ignore": ["src/**/*.spec.ts"],
  "exec": "ts-node ./src/index.ts"
}

My project has both js and ts files and I want it to watch changes in the js files as well but it only restarts when I change index.ts

Answer 1

Try the following nodemon.json :

{
  "watch": ["src"],
  "ext": "js,ts",
  "ignore": ["src/**/*.spec.ts"],
  "exec": "ts-node ./src/index.ts"
}