Fix #65 immediately note time instead of after compilation and only ignore for the next 100ms. This happened due to new async nature which means that new watch events can be listened to.

Author: basarat

Gruntfile.js

@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             fail: {
                 fail: true,                  // a designed to fail target
                 src: ['test/fail/**/*.ts'],
-//                watch: 'test',
+                // watch: 'test',
+                reference: 'test/fail/reference.ts',
                 options: {                  // overide the main options for this target 
                     sourcemap: false,
                 }

package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "author": "basarat",
     "name": "grunt-ts",
     "description": "Compile and manage your TypeScript project",
-    "version": "1.7.1",
+    "version": "1.7.2",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/grunt-ts/grunt-ts",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",

tasks/ts.js

@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ function pluginFn(grunt: IGrunt) {
                 // Compile the files
                 return compileAllFiles(filesToCompile, target, options).then((result: ICompileResult) => {
                     // End the timer
-                    lastCompile = endtime = new Date().getTime();
+                    endtime = new Date().getTime();
 
                     // Evaluate the result
                     if (!result || result.code) {
@@ -977,11 +977,9 @@ function pluginFn(grunt: IGrunt) {
             watch = target.watch;
             if (!!watch) {
 
-                // A debounced version of compile
-                var debouncedCompile = _.debounce(filterFilesAndCompile, 150);
-
                 // local event to handle file event
                 function handleFileEvent(filepath: string, displaystr: string) {
+
                     // Only ts and html :
                     if (!endsWith(filepath.toLowerCase(), '.ts') && !endsWith(filepath.toLowerCase(), '.html')) {
                         return;
@@ -990,12 +988,16 @@ function pluginFn(grunt: IGrunt) {
                     // Do not run if just ran, behaviour same as grunt-watch
                     // These are the files our run modified
                     if ((new Date().getTime() - lastCompile) <= 100) {
+                        // Uncomment for debugging which files were ignored
                         // grunt.log.writeln((' ///'  + ' >>' + filepath).grey);
                         return;
                     }
+                    // Reset the time for last compile call
+                    lastCompile = new Date().getTime();
+
                     // Log and run the debounced version.
                     grunt.log.writeln((displaystr + ' >>' + filepath).yellow);
-                    debouncedCompile();
+                    filterFilesAndCompile();
                 }
 
                 // get path

tasks/ts.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//grunt-start
+/// <reference path="fail.ts" />
+/// <reference path="work.ts" />
+//grunt-end