app: backend: Add flag for watching plugins changes #3160
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This change creates a CLI flag in the backend + desktop for watching changes to the plugins or their directory.
Fixes: #2894, follow-up from #2939
Testing
Backend
make backend
cd backend && ./headlamp-server -watch-plugins-changes false
Desktop
cd app && npm run build
cd dist/linux-unpacked && ./headlamp -watch-plugins-changes false
and ensure that the flag is passed in