Passing an array into ext config

[lunavod]

When using nodemon.json, it is possible to pass an array into watch property, but not into ext. This is probably expected behavior, but it is not intuitive for a first-time user.

• nodemon -v: 3.1.0
• node -v: v21.2.0
• Operating system/terminal environment: Windows
• Using Docker? What image:
• Command you ran: nodemon

Expected behaviour

Nodemon works as usual, watching provided extensions

Actual behaviour

TypeError: extension.match is not a function

Steps to reproduce

• Create a nodemon.json config with the following content:

{
  "ext": ["foo", "bar"]
}

• Run nodemon

[mauroobento]

According to Nodemon docs, there is no array in ext, only in options, as you can see

... 
{
  "restartable": "rs",
...
  "ext": "js,json"
}

[lunavod]

Yeah, it is more of a feature request. Or at least to get maintainer's opinion about this so I could maybe implement it myself and make a pull request

[remy]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the nodemon.json is created by the author, right? If that's the case, why would the author be using an array instead of a string?

It's not a big change, but I just want to work out if there's actually a problem or a need, over something that's just a preference.

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