can't restart by use node --loader(ts-node/esm)

[lqzhgood]

• Versions: node@v18.15.0, win32@10.0.22621
• nodemon -v: 2.0.21
• Operating system/terminal environment (powershell, gitshell, etc): windows11/cmd ts-node@10.9.1
• Using Docker? What image: No
• Command you ran: nodemon --exec "node --inspect --loader ts-node/esm ./index.ts"

Expected behaviour

change files to restart

Actual behaviour

change files not restart

Steps to reproduce

package.json

{
    "name": "name",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "main": "index.ts",
    "type": "module",  <-- esm
    "scripts": {
        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
    },
    "keywords": [],
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC",
    "dependencies": {},
    "devDependencies": {
        "ts-node": "^10.9.1"
    }
}

index.ts

console.log('1', 1);

run command nodemon --exec "node --inspect --loader ts-node/esm ./index.ts" to start nodemon

change index.ts to

console.log('1', 1);
console.log('2', 2);

the nodemon not restart server

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dump

``` cwd: E:\c OS: win32 x64 -------------- { run: false, system: { cwd: 'E:\\c' }, required: false, dirs: [ 'E:\\c' ], timeout: 1000, options: { exec: 'node --inspect --loader ts-node/esm ./index.ts', dump: true, ignore: [ '**/.git/**', '**/.nyc_output/**', '**/.sass-cache/**', '**/bower_components/**', '**/coverage/**', '**/node_modules/**', re: /.*.*\/\.git\/.*.*|.*.*\/\.nyc_output\/.*.*|.*.*\/\.sass\-cache\/.*.*|.*.*\/bower_components\/.*.*|.*.*\/coverage\/.*.*|.*.*\/node_modules\/.*.*/ ], watch: [ '*.*', re: /.*\..*/ ], monitor: [ '*.*', '!**/.git/**', '!**/.nyc_output/**', '!**/.sass-cache/**', '!**/bower_components/**', '!**/coverage/**', '!**/node_modules/**' ], ignoreRoot: [ '**/.git/**', '**/.nyc_output/**', '**/.sass-cache/**', '**/bower_components/**', '**/coverage/**', '**/node_modules/**' ], restartable: 'rs', colours: true, execMap: { py: 'python', rb: 'ruby', ts: 'ts-node' }, stdin: true, runOnChangeOnly: false, verbose: false, signal: 'SIGUSR2', stdout: true, watchOptions: {}, execOptions: { script: null, exec: 'node --inspect --loader ts-node/esm ./index.ts', args: [], scriptPosition: null, nodeArgs: undefined, execArgs: [], ext: 'js,mjs,json', env: {} } }, load: [Function (anonymous)], reset: [Function: reset], lastStarted: 0, loaded: [], watchInterval: null, signal: 'SIGUSR2', command: { raw: { executable: 'node --inspect --loader ts-node/esm ./index.ts', args: [] }, string: 'node --inspect --loader ts-node/esm ./index.ts' } } ```

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[lqzhgood]

No one has the same problem?

[remy]

It's because you've taken over the exec command and nodemon doesn't know what extension to look for, so it defaults to it's normal defaults (json, js).

Typically the exec is used for the program not the full command. So if you change your command to the following, nodemon is able to detect that you're watching the .ts file type and reloads as expected:

$ nodemon --exec "node --inspect --loader ts-node/esm" ./index.ts

The only difference here is that I've moved the filename out of the exec.

[lqzhgood]

Thank you for your explanation, I understand.

So the following command is also valid.

nodemon -e "ts" --exec "node --inspect --loader ts-node/esm  ./index.ts"