I have this branch to add ui. The idea here is that vite builds the project and then sends it to /app/src/main/resources/static. This works great except for one thing. When I run with npm run build:watch I see /app/src/main/resources/static get updated but the Spring app doesn't show the changes till I restart the server. Can I make it so that Gradle will update when the file updates?

Currently I am using IJ runner on Windows. I have to do this because I can't run the npm watch on wsl2. I tried gradle bootRun but I don't see it working either.

I have this branch to add ui. The idea here is that vite builds the project and then sends it to /app/src/main/resources/static. This works great except for one thing. When I run with npm run build:watch I see /app/src/main/resources/static get updated but the Spring app doesn't show the changes till I restart the server. Can I make it so that Gradle will update when the file updates?

Currently I am using IJ runner on Windows. I have to do this because I can't run the npm watch on wsl2. I tried gradle bootRun but I don't see it working either.

• spring
• spring-boot
• gradle

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there is a stack overflow question similar to yours. You will get the answer to your question there. Check this out: Refreshing static content with Spring MVC and Boot I guess particularly these answers should be enough.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/76997426

https://stackoverflow.com/a/51411523