From f87a513150d38ae2abb5db6167a15cf4793b2247 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sadan4 <117494111+sadan4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:07:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] improve build watcher to also detect newly created files
 (#3791)

---
 scripts/build/build.mjs  | 12 ++++++++++--
 scripts/build/common.mjs |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/build/build.mjs b/scripts/build/build.mjs
index 6d0a43cce..65326d3d5 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/build.mjs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 // @ts-check
 
 import { readdir } from "fs/promises";
-import { join } from "path";
+import { join, resolve } from "path";
 
 import { BUILD_TIMESTAMP, commonOpts, exists, globPlugins, IS_DEV, IS_REPORTER, IS_ANTI_CRASH_TEST, IS_STANDALONE, IS_UPDATER_DISABLED, resolvePluginName, VERSION, commonRendererPlugins, watch, buildOrWatchAll, stringifyValues } from "./common.mjs";
 
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ const globNativesPlugin = {
             let code = "";
             let natives = "\n";
             let i = 0;
+            /**
+             * @type {string[]}
+             */
+            const watchFiles = [];
             for (const dir of pluginDirs) {
                 const dirPath = join("src", dir);
                 if (!await exists(dirPath)) continue;
@@ -87,6 +91,8 @@ const globNativesPlugin = {
                     const nativePath = join(dirPath, fileName, "native.ts");
                     const indexNativePath = join(dirPath, fileName, "native/index.ts");
 
+                    watchFiles.push(resolve(nativePath), resolve(indexNativePath));
+
                     if (!(await exists(nativePath)) && !(await exists(indexNativePath)))
                         continue;
 
@@ -101,7 +107,9 @@ const globNativesPlugin = {
             code += `export default {${natives}};`;
             return {
                 contents: code,
-                resolveDir: "./src"
+                resolveDir: "./src",
+                watchDirs: pluginDirs.map(d => resolve("src", d)),
+                watchFiles,
             };
         });
     }
diff --git a/scripts/build/common.mjs b/scripts/build/common.mjs
index 6e69ac088..7f2f5da53 100644
--- a/scripts/build/common.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/common.mjs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import esbuild, { build, context } from "esbuild";
 import { constants as FsConstants, readFileSync } from "fs";
 import { access, readdir, readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { minify as minifyHtml } from "html-minifier-terser";
-import { join, relative } from "path";
+import { join, relative, resolve } from "path";
 import { promisify } from "util";
 
 import { getPluginTarget } from "../utils.mjs";
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ export const globPlugins = kind => ({
             code += `export default {${pluginsCode}};export const PluginMeta={${metaCode}};export const ExcludedPlugins={${excludedCode}};`;
             return {
                 contents: code,
-                resolveDir: "./src"
+                resolveDir: "./src",
+                watchDirs: pluginDirs.map(d => resolve("src", d)),
             };
         });
     }