Bug: Infinite loop in rc-apps watch

[amitb0ra]

Description

The rc-apps watch command enters an infinite build loop on Windows/WSL2 environments. This happens because the file watcher triggers on build artifacts (in dist/) or dependency changes (node_modules/), creating a cycle:
Change -> Build -> Update dist/ -> Change Detected -> Build ...

This occurs even when dist/** is added to .rcappsconfig, suggesting chokidar ignore patterns are not behaving as expected in this environment or the default ignores are insufficient.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Setup:
   • Create a new app and setup .rcappsconfig
   • Ensure dist/ folder does not exist or is empty.
2. Execution:
   • Run rc-apps watch .
3. Observation:
   • The CLI packages and deploys the app successfully.
   • Immediately after, it detects a change (likely the new dist/ artifact) and deploys again.
   • This loop continues indefinitely.
   • Logs shows:

5. Failure of Mitigation:
   • Adding **/node_modules/** , dist/** and **/dist/** to .rcappsconfig ignoredFiles does not stop the loop in this environment.

Environment Details

• OS: Windows (WSL2 / Ubuntu)
• Node Version: v22.16.0
• Rocket.Chat Server: v7.13.2
• CLI Version: 1.13.0 wsl-x64 node-v20.19.6