From 8152d39ad0002a06dcfdc39861c94c78d0b7d2bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kim Shepherd <kim@shepherd.nz>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 14:52:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore some paths from file watcher

Watching all these directories can cause systems to exceed
maximum watched files / inotify limits, especially in dev
mode with IDEs etc also watching files.
---
 webpack/webpack.browser.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/webpack/webpack.browser.ts b/webpack/webpack.browser.ts
index 5a3b4910ae7..168185ef242 100644
--- a/webpack/webpack.browser.ts
+++ b/webpack/webpack.browser.ts
@@ -35,5 +35,12 @@ module.exports = Object.assign({}, commonExports, {
       buildAppConfig(join(process.cwd(), 'src/assets/config.json'));
       return middlewares;
     }
-  }
+  },
+  watchOptions: {
+    // Ignore directories that should not be watched for recompiling angular
+    ignored: [
+      '**/node_modules', '**/_build', '**/.git', '**/docker',
+      '**/.angular', '**/.idea', '**/.vscode', '**/.history', '**/.vsix'
+    ]
+  },
 });