[data loader] load not being triggered by file watcher

[ISOR3X]

Hi, it's me again.

I have the following glob that should watch my python files for changes: ../src/**/*.py
My project is structured as follows:

docs/
├── .vitepress/
│   ├── cache/
│   ├── theme/
│   └── config.mts
├── components/
│   └── APIDoc.vue
├── api-examples.md
├── index.md
├── markdown-examples.md
├── python.data.ts <-- the data loader
└── python-api.md
src/
└── auto_docs/
    └── module1/
        ├── __init__.py
        ├── functions1.py
        ├── __init__.py
        └── py.typed

When I updated a vitepress file the watch does get triggered and it does show that the python files are being watched. However when I update a python file and save it the watch is not being triggered. What is causing this?

[brc-dd]

vite doesn't watch files outside project root by default (docs directory in this case). You'll need to do something like this:

// docs/.vitepress/config.mts

import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'

export default defineConfig({
  vite: {
    plugins: [
      {
        name: 'custom:watch-outside',
        configureServer(server) {
          server.watcher.add(fileURLToPath(new URL('../../src', import.meta.url)))
          // or maybe just server.watcher.add(process.cwd())
        }
      }
    ]
  }
})

[brc-dd]

Created #4800. I think it can be fixed in vitepress too. We will need to do server.watcher.add for watch patterns in static data and dynamic routes plugin.