{
  "slug": "netlify-dev-adds-watch-ignore-21ffe4847f59",
  "title": "netlify dev adds --watch-ignore",
  "tools": [
    "netlify"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-07-07T05:27:32.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-07-07T05:27:32.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When running `netlify dev` with additional paths to exclude from watching, pass them with `--watch-ignore`. The CLI also ignores `publishDir` by default when it differs from `projectDir`.",
    "examples": [
      "netlify dev --watch-ignore <path>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v26.2.0",
      "--watch-ignore <path>: Adds a path to the watch ignore list; represented as an array in the dev options.",
      "The CLI ignores `publishDir` by default only when it differs from `projectDir`."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Run the Netlify development server for a repository with additional paths that should not be watched.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/netlify/cli/releases/tag/v26.2.0",
    "https://github.com/netlify/cli/pull/8271",
    "https://github.com/netlify/cli/blob/v26.2.0/src/commands/dev/types.d.ts"
  ],
  "rank": 0.9002,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-fbf77c9f33fd4716-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "6d1e53f0f0062f99ab347b3d3c0db1a9a81e4a2ecedfba5eb0427a273514e83c"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "091f099bc0fbec115fbb11d9280f4f228a2d775b56afcea0588ff25d290c6c94",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.90 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.75 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}