Nanogen -w doesn't work on windows

[VINT64]

I add a "watchmode": "nanogen -w" script to package.lock
When I write npm run watchmode in windows console it gives me next error:

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, readlink 'D:\test\public\jsons' at Object.fs.readlinkSync (fs.js:967:18)
at checkDest (D:\test\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:184:23)
at checkPaths (D:\test\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:208:24)
at copyDirItem (D:\test\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:133:24)
at fs.readdirSync.forEach.item (D:\test\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:127:39)
at Array.forEach ()
at copyDir (D:\test\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:127:23)
at mayCopyDir (D:\test\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:117:10)
at onDir (D:\test\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:108:12)
at getStats (D:\test\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:44:32)

I have /jsons folder in /assets. Normally with nanogen it's added to /public
But /public directory is empty at all. What is the reason?
UPD2 found a solution from this user: run command prompt in administrator mode. nanogen -w starts a server but after any changes it crashes with the same error.

[doug2k1]

Hi! I can confirm the issue and will investigate.

Thanks for reporting!

[ivanmono]

Any progress on this one? Thanks in advance!

[a3con]

+1

[a3con]

Hi,

(Win7)

I made some edits to the files (this is bad practice, but I needed it):
/lib/modules/build.js
/lib/modules/serve.js
/lib/utils/server.js

The problem with "operation not permitted" in /lib/modules/build.js -> fse.copySync(). Didn't dig deep ... Just used: await fse.copy()

const build = async (options = {}) => {
...
// copy assets folder
if (fse.existsSync(${srcPath}/assets)) {
await fse.copy(${srcPath}/assets, outputPath);
}
...

Changes in /lib/modules/serve.js:

...
//const debounce = require('lodash.debounce'); // ?
...

/**

• Serve the site in watch mode
  */
  const serve = async (options, flags) => {
  ...
  chokidar.watch(srcPath, { ignoreInitial: true }).on(
  'all',
  //debounce(
  async () => {
  await build(options);
  log.info('Waiting for changes...');
  }
  //, 500)
  );
  };
  ...

Changes in /lib/utils/server.js:

Added to parameters: noCssInject: true. Без этого параметра перезагрузка работала через раз.

Without this parameter, the restart worked terribly.

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It is better not to use it in your project. This is a one-time solution. Perhaps it will help solve the problem.

[doug2k1]

Thanks, @a3con! It will surely help solving the issue.