bug: (reopen #2560) Readme changes in watch mode don't trigger docs-json

[seanwuapps]

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Stencil Version

2.17.4

Current Behavior

Similar to https://github.com/ionic-team/stencil/issues/1822#issuecomment-636132747 and #2560 I am experiencing the same problem in v2.17.4

Expected Behavior

Whenever I update the readme file the json file should update.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create new project using the starter template
2. Enable docs-json
3. stencil build --dev --watch --docs
4. Update readme
5. Update usage
6. Observe no change

Code Reproduction URL

https://github.com/seanwuapps/stencil-docs-json-watch-bug

Additional Information

No response

[tanner-reits]

@seanwuapps Thanks for logging this issue and providing a reproduction repo and steps! Also, thanks for linking some older issues related to this same problem, it's unfortunate to see this is still an issue. I was able to confirm in your reproduction, so I'll get this labeled for our team to take a look at! Thanks again!

[dutscher]

i stuck now in the same situation. i need the docs-json for storybook docs and in dev-mode it isn't possible to generate the docs-json. its only possible to run stencil build --docs-json docs.json before stencil build --dev --watch to get the infos in dev-mode. is it possible to get this fixxed?

cheers

[snaptopixel]

Watching this one intently 🙏 👀 as I just ran into it again, thanks @seanwuapps for keeping up with it!