Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::3000 (When using subdir that includes "-" in the name)

[shinebayar-g]

• nodemon -v: 1.18.6
• node -v: 10.13.0
• Operating system/terminal environment: ubuntu 18.04 zsh
• Command you ran: nodemon lesson-2/app.js

Expected behaviour

pick up changes without crash.

Actual behaviour

events.js:167
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::3000
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (net.js:1286:14)
    at listenInCluster (net.js:1334:12)
    at Server.listen (net.js:1421:7)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/shinee/learn/nodejs/lesson-2/app.js:19:8)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:529:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:741:12)
Emitted 'error' event at:
    at emitErrorNT (net.js:1313:8)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:744:11)
    at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:285:19)
    at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:739:3)
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...

Steps to reproduce

I've actually tested few scenarios and found where is exact problem.

• create folder named lesson-2 and create app.js file in it.

✗: cat lesson-2/app.js
const express = require('express');

const app = express();

app.use((req, res, next) => {
    res.send('<h1>Hello from Express!</h1>');
});

app.listen(3000);

• run app.js by modifying package.json file to add script to run.

✗: cat package.json 
{
  "name": "test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "start": "nodemon lesson-2/app.js"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "",
    "url": ""
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "bugs": {
    "url": ""
  },
  "homepage": "",
  "devDependencies": {
    "nodemon": "^1.18.6"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.16.4"
  }
}

If I modify the folder name to sth like lesson2 it works like a charm and If I try lesson-2 it crashes.

[remy]

Pretty sure this is related to the change in #1463. I'm marking as fixed - please ping me if you see otherwise. You'll need to upgrade to nodemon@1.18.7 (currently being released).

[Mitch125]

This issue is present again with nodemon@1.19.2, I've reverted to 1.18.11 to fix.