directory data file being ignored on --serve

[n8garrett]

When working in dev mode using --serve, 11ty ignores my resources.json file inside the /resources/ directory. When I run a build command it works fine. Any idea why it doesn't work on --serve?

[zachleat]

are you using the vite plugin? I don’t think eleventy core changes behavior in serve/build in this way

[bobmonsour]

It sounds like adding /resources/ as a watch target would make it work.

I'd suggest adding this to your eleventy config, depending on the location of your resources dir.

eleventyConfig.addWatchTarget("./src/resources/");

[n8garrett]

I gave that a try, but same results.

[bobmonsour]

Bummer. Can you share a repo to get a closer look?

[n8garrett]

https://github.com/n8garrett/web-docs

Appreciate you taking a look!

[bobmonsour]

When I run this command, it works for me...more below

npm run eleventy:serve

When the server is running, I've changed an existing md file in the resources dir and the site reflected the changes without restart.

AND, when I duplicated one of the existing files, it showed up without a restart. So, now I'm confused about what sequence of running eleventy is not working for you.

[n8garrett]

Thanks for testing, Bob.

I ran npm run eleventy:serve just now. When I created the first new file, it created it just fine (used the layout, tagged it, etc). When I created a 2nd new file, it created the file, but didn't use the layout or add it to the tag.

[n8garrett]

My node version is 18.13

And I have the file as .eleventy.js on my machine. The file didn't copy for some reason when I copied the repo from my work's GH to GH.com, so I created the file manually and misnamed it.

[bobmonsour]

Here's what I suggest. Download your repo into a new empty directory. Fix the .eleventy.js filename. Run these commands...and tell me if that works. I just did this exact set of things and it worked for me, adding new md files into the resources dir and they show up on the page.

npm init -y
npm install
npm run eleventy:serve

Let me know if that works. Fingers crossed.

[bobmonsour]

@n8garrett Any progress on this? Did what I suggest work?

[n8garrett]

Sometimes it works on 11ty 2.0 and sometimes it doesn't. It works consistently on 1.0.1 and below though. So I'm assuming it's related to #2797.

[bobmonsour]

Sorry it isn't working for you. You might consider Adding a link to this discussion to that issue.