Tests are only re-run if I change a *.tests.* file, not if I change implementation files (e.g. server/...) about meteor-mocha HOT 3 CLOSED

Well ... the tests should automatically restart every time Meteor restarts. If meteor doesn't restart, it's the responsibility of the utility file watching for changes in the files.

Either way, this package is only responsible of initialising all tests included in the files Meteor loads (https://guide.meteor.com/testing.html#test-modes) and runs them.

Deciding when to restart Meteor (and thereby rerun the tests) or which files to load is not the responsibility of this package, but of Meteor. It might even be the responsibility of the typescript package, which doesn't seem to tell Meteor that the file containing the implementation actually is required for the test-file as well.

Btw ... do you define a testing-module or a main-module in your package.json file?

  "meteor": {
     "mainModule": {
       "client": "client/main.js",
       "server": "server/main.js"
     },
     "testModule": "tests/main.js"
   }

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Oh OK so for Javascript this works properly. Good to know.

Do you know if Meteor builds a dependency graph to only run tests that are affected for Javascript or does it always re-run all tests for Javascript?
The Meteor compiler API has no provision for adding dependencies as far as I have been able to tell.

As for main-module, no I haven’t added that section. What does it change?

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I just checked it - it works on fine on files included in one of my *.test.js files, but if they're not included, the system won't watch it. I have a mainModule but not a testModule defined in my package.json file.

The section mainModule and testModule in the package.json changes the way files are included, which might affect the way they are monitored also. All this can have its share to this problem you're facing. It could even be that the package refapp:[email protected] doens't tell Meteor which files to watch and which not.

Closing, because this is not related to this package but on meteor and yields therefore to all test-runners - not only for this one. Please open a ticket on https://github.com/meteor/meteor or https://github.com/ref-app/meteor-typescript.

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