The glitch editor doesent update

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1

If you edit files in the console they dont update in the editor
I found this out when I wanted to change the git branch and the files stayed the same

2

This is because the Glitch editor and the container don’t sync.

In order for programmatically, console-created files you need to run refresh in the console. Note: refresh also causes your project to restart.

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3

thanks for the reply

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4

@charliea21 As of Oct 2019, does this continue to be the status quo?

If that is the case, is there a way to perform a “refresh” using the package.json file?
Do you have any template for this?

5

Yes you still need to run refresh when you want to sync files between the editor and console. You could make a Nodejs script automatically run refresh. However, that would stop your app and force it to restart.

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Can you show me how to setup this NodeJs script? Thanks,

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I use this script in one of my projects:

const { exec } = require('child_process');
setInterval(function() {
    exec("refresh", function(){})
},240000); // 240000 is in MILLISECONDS

Feel free to change 240000 to any time you want in milliseconds.

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