feat: allow to pass all options from chokidar

lib/Server.js

@@ -444,14 +444,125 @@ class Server {
 
     const compilerOptions = this.getCompilerOptions();
     // TODO remove `{}` after drop webpack v4 support
-    const watchOptions = compilerOptions.watchOptions || {};
-    const defaultOptionsForStatic = {
-      directory: path.join(process.cwd(), "public"),
-      staticOptions: {},
-      publicPath: ["/"],
-      serveIndex: { icons: true },
-      // Respect options from compiler watchOptions
-      watch: watchOptions,
+    const compilerWatchOptions = compilerOptions.watchOptions || {};
+    const getWatchOptions = (watchOptions = {}) => {
+      const getPolling = () => {
+        if (typeof watchOptions.usePolling !== "undefined") {
+          return watchOptions.usePolling;
+        }
+
+        if (typeof watchOptions.poll !== "undefined") {
+          return Boolean(watchOptions.poll);
+        }
+
+        if (typeof compilerWatchOptions.poll !== "undefined") {
+          return Boolean(compilerWatchOptions.poll);
+        }
+
+        return false;
+      };
+      const getInterval = () => {
+        if (typeof watchOptions.interval !== "undefined") {
+          return watchOptions.interval;
+        }
+
+        if (typeof watchOptions.poll === "number") {
+          return watchOptions.poll;
+        }
+
+        if (typeof compilerWatchOptions.poll === "number") {
+          return compilerWatchOptions.poll;
+        }
+      };
+
+      const usePolling = getPolling();
+      const interval = getInterval();
+      const { poll, ...rest } = watchOptions;
+
+      return {
+        ignoreInitial: true,
+        persistent: true,
+        followSymlinks: false,
+        atomic: false,
+        alwaysStat: true,
+        ignorePermissionErrors: true,
+        // Respect options from compiler watchOptions
+        usePolling,
+        interval,
+        ignored: watchOptions.ignored,
+        // TODO: we respect these options for all watch options and allow developers to pass them to chokidar, but chokidar doesn't have these options maybe we need revisit that in future
+        ...rest,
+      };
+    };
+    const getStaticItem = (optionsForStatic) => {
+      const getDefaultStaticOptions = () => {
+        return {
+          directory: path.join(process.cwd(), "public"),
+          staticOptions: {},
+          publicPath: ["/"],
+          serveIndex: { icons: true },
+          watch: getWatchOptions(),
+        };
+      };
+
+      let item;
+
+      if (typeof optionsForStatic === "undefined") {
+        item = getDefaultStaticOptions();
+      } else if (typeof optionsForStatic === "string") {
+        item = {
+          ...getDefaultStaticOptions(),
+          directory: optionsForStatic,
+        };
+      } else {
+        const def = getDefaultStaticOptions();
+
+        item = {
+          directory:
+            typeof optionsForStatic.directory !== "undefined"
+              ? optionsForStatic.directory
+              : def.directory,
+          // TODO: do merge in the next major release
+          staticOptions:
+            typeof optionsForStatic.staticOptions !== "undefined"
+              ? optionsForStatic.staticOptions
+              : def.staticOptions,
+          publicPath:
+            typeof optionsForStatic.publicPath !== "undefined"
+              ? optionsForStatic.publicPath
+              : def.publicPath,
+          // TODO: do merge in the next major release
+          serveIndex:
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-nested-ternary
+            typeof optionsForStatic.serveIndex !== "undefined"
+              ? typeof optionsForStatic.serveIndex === "boolean" &&
+                optionsForStatic.serveIndex
+                ? def.serveIndex
+                : optionsForStatic.serveIndex
+              : def.serveIndex,
+          watch:
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-nested-ternary
+            typeof optionsForStatic.watch !== "undefined"
+              ? // eslint-disable-next-line no-nested-ternary
+                typeof optionsForStatic.watch === "boolean"
+                ? optionsForStatic.watch
+                  ? def.watch
+                  : false
+                : getWatchOptions(optionsForStatic.watch)
+              : def.watch,
+        };
+      }
+
+      if (Server.isAbsoluteURL(item.directory)) {
+        throw new Error("Using a URL as static.directory is not supported");
+      }
+
+      // ensure that publicPath is an array
+      if (typeof item.publicPath === "string") {
+        item.publicPath = [item.publicPath];
+      }
+
+      return item;
     };
 
     if (typeof options.allowedHosts === "undefined") {
@@ -921,50 +1032,27 @@ class Server {
     }
 
     if (typeof options.static === "undefined") {
-      options.static = [defaultOptionsForStatic];
+      options.static = [getStaticItem()];
     } else if (typeof options.static === "boolean") {
-      options.static = options.static ? [defaultOptionsForStatic] : false;
+      options.static = options.static ? [getStaticItem()] : false;
     } else if (typeof options.static === "string") {
-      options.static = [
-        { ...defaultOptionsForStatic, directory: options.static },
-      ];
+      options.static = [getStaticItem(options.static)];
     } else if (Array.isArray(options.static)) {
       options.static = options.static.map((item) => {
         if (typeof item === "string") {
-          return { ...defaultOptionsForStatic, directory: item };
+          return getStaticItem(item);
         }
 
-        return { ...defaultOptionsForStatic, ...item };
+        return getStaticItem(item);
       });
     } else {
-      options.static = [{ ...defaultOptionsForStatic, ...options.static }];
-    }
-
-    if (options.static) {
-      options.static.forEach((staticOption) => {
-        if (Server.isAbsoluteURL(staticOption.directory)) {
-          throw new Error("Using a URL as static.directory is not supported");
-        }
-
-        // ensure that publicPath is an array
-        if (typeof staticOption.publicPath === "string") {
-          staticOption.publicPath = [staticOption.publicPath];
-        }
-
-        // ensure that watch is an object if true
-        if (staticOption.watch === true) {
-          staticOption.watch = defaultOptionsForStatic.watch;
-        }
-
-        // ensure that serveIndex is an object if true
-        if (staticOption.serveIndex === true) {
-          staticOption.serveIndex = defaultOptionsForStatic.serveIndex;
-        }
-      });
+      options.static = [getStaticItem(options.static)];
     }
 
     if (typeof options.watchFiles === "string") {
-      options.watchFiles = [{ paths: options.watchFiles, options: {} }];
+      options.watchFiles = [
+        { paths: options.watchFiles, options: getWatchOptions() },
+      ];
     } else if (
       typeof options.watchFiles === "object" &&
       options.watchFiles !== null &&
@@ -973,16 +1061,19 @@ class Server {
       options.watchFiles = [
         {
           paths: options.watchFiles.paths,
-          options: options.watchFiles.options || {},
+          options: getWatchOptions(options.watchFiles.options || {}),
         },
       ];
     } else if (Array.isArray(options.watchFiles)) {
       options.watchFiles = options.watchFiles.map((item) => {
         if (typeof item === "string") {
-          return { paths: item, options: {} };
+          return { paths: item, options: getWatchOptions() };
         }
 
-        return { paths: item.paths, options: item.options || {} };
+        return {
+          paths: item.paths,
+          options: getWatchOptions(item.options || {}),
+        };
       });
     } else {
       options.watchFiles = [];
@@ -2124,36 +2215,8 @@ class Server {
   }
 
   watchFiles(watchPath, watchOptions) {
-    // duplicate the same massaging of options that watchpack performs
-    // https://github.com/webpack/watchpack/blob/master/lib/DirectoryWatcher.js#L49
-    // this isn't an elegant solution, but we'll improve it in the future
-    const usePolling =
-      typeof watchOptions.usePolling !== "undefined"
-        ? watchOptions.usePolling
-        : Boolean(watchOptions.poll);
-    const interval =
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-nested-ternary
-      typeof watchOptions.interval !== "undefined"
-        ? watchOptions.interval
-        : typeof watchOptions.poll === "number"
-        ? watchOptions.poll
-        : // eslint-disable-next-line no-undefined
-          undefined;
-
-    const finalWatchOptions = {
-      ignoreInitial: true,
-      persistent: true,
-      followSymlinks: false,
-      atomic: false,
-      alwaysStat: true,
-      ignorePermissionErrors: true,
-      ignored: watchOptions.ignored,
-      usePolling,
-      interval,
-    };
-
     const chokidar = require("chokidar");
-    const watcher = chokidar.watch(watchPath, finalWatchOptions);
+    const watcher = chokidar.watch(watchPath, watchOptions);
 
     // disabling refreshing on changing the content
     if (this.options.liveReload) {