fix(watch): fixed bug where options.ignore was being ignored if it's …

…an array

src/watch.spec.ts

@@ -200,6 +200,14 @@ describe('watch', () => {
       expect(watcher.options.ignored).toEqual('/some/src/**/*.spec.ts');
     });
 
+    it('should set replacePathVars when options.ignored is an array of strings', () => {
+      const watcher: watch.Watcher = { options: { ignored: ['{{SRC}}/**/*.spec.ts', '{{SRC}}/index.html'] } };
+      const context: BuildContext = { srcDir: '/some/src/' };
+      watch.prepareWatcher(context, watcher);
+      expect((watcher.options.ignored as string[])[0]).toEqual('/some/src/**/*.spec.ts');
+      expect((watcher.options.ignored as string[])[1]).toEqual('/some/src/index.html');
+    });
+
     it('should set replacePathVars when paths is an array', () => {
       const watcher: watch.Watcher = { paths: [
         '{{SRC}}/some/path1',

src/watch.ts

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ function startWatcher(name: string, watcher: Watcher, context: BuildContext) {
       }
       reject(new BuildError(`A watch configured to watch the following paths failed to start. It likely that a file referenced does not exist: ${filesWatchedString}`));
     }, getIntPropertyValue(Constants.ENV_START_WATCH_TIMEOUT));
+
     prepareWatcher(context, watcher);
 
     if (!watcher.paths) {
@@ -157,15 +158,21 @@ export function prepareWatcher(context: BuildContext, watcher: Watcher) {
     watcher.options.ignoreInitial = true;
   }
 
-  if (typeof watcher.options.ignored === 'string') {
-    watcher.options.ignored = normalize(replacePathVars(context, watcher.options.ignored));
+  if (watcher.options.ignored) {
+    if (Array.isArray(watcher.options.ignored)) {
+      watcher.options.ignored = watcher.options.ignored.map(p => normalize(replacePathVars(context, p)));
+    } else if (typeof watcher.options.ignored === 'string') {
+      // it's a string, so just do it once and leave it
+      watcher.options.ignored = normalize(replacePathVars(context, watcher.options.ignored));
+    }
   }
 
-  if (typeof watcher.paths === 'string') {
-    watcher.paths = normalize(replacePathVars(context, watcher.paths));
-
-  } else if (Array.isArray(watcher.paths)) {
-    watcher.paths = watcher.paths.map(p => normalize(replacePathVars(context, p)));
+  if (watcher.paths) {
+    if (Array.isArray(watcher.paths)) {
+      watcher.paths = watcher.paths.map(p => normalize(replacePathVars(context, p)));
+    } else {
+      watcher.paths = normalize(replacePathVars(context, watcher.paths));
+    }
   }
 }