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+var _ = require('lodash');
+var path = require('path');
+var chokidar = require('chokidar');
+var parsers = require('gitbook-parsers');
+
+var Promise = require('../utils/promise');
+
+// Watch a folder and resolve promise once a file is modified
+function watch(dir) {
+ var d = Promise.defer();
+ dir = path.resolve(dir);
+
+ var toWatch = [
+ 'book.json', 'book.js'
+ ];
+
+ // Watch all parsable files
+ _.each(parsers.extensions, function(ext) {
+ toWatch.push('**/*'+ext);
+ });
+
+ var watcher = chokidar.watch(toWatch, {
+ cwd: dir,
+ ignored: '_book/**',
+ ignoreInitial: true
+ });
+
+ watcher.once('all', function(e, filepath) {
+ watcher.close();
+
+ d.resolve(filepath);
+ });
+ watcher.once('error', function(err) {
+ watcher.close();
+
+ d.reject(err);
+ });
+
+ return d.promise;
+}
+
+module.exports = watch;