Simple Hot Reload

Simple Hot Reload (SHR) is a simple hot reload tool that watches a specified directory for file changes and automatically restarts a specified program when changes are detected. Primarily build for quick cli java hot reload

Features

• Watch a specified directory for file changes.
• Automatically restart a specified program when changes are detected.
• Should be able to run on any platform that supports Go. It has been tested only on Linux though.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Go 1.23.2 or later

Build from Source

To build the Simple Hot Reload tool from source, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/0x6DD8/simple-hot-reload.git
   cd simple-hot-reload

2. Build the binary for your platform:

   make build-linux   # For Linux
   make build-windows # For Windows

3. Optionally, you can move the binary to /usr/local/bin on Linux:

   sudo make install-linux

Usage

To use the Simple Hot Reload, run the following command:

./shr <path-to-watch> <program-to-run> [args...]

Example

./shr /path/to/project java main.java

This command will watch the /path/to/project directory for changes and automatically restart the java main.java command whenever a change is detected.

Makefile Targets

• make all: Build the binary for all supported platforms.
• make build-linux: Build the binary for Linux.
• make build-windows: Build the binary for Windows.
• make clean: Clean up build artifacts.
• make install-linux: Install the Linux binary to /usr/local/bin.
• make uninstall-linux: Uninstall the Linux binary from /usr/local/bin.