Is there a way to watch for file changes while developing azure functions?

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For dotnet there is dotnet watch run For node there is nodemon

Is there anyway to watch for file changes while developing azure functions? So far, I have to func start after every change in order to test it out. I haven't seen any information related to this.

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I found a workaround solution here:

https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-core-tools/issues/1239#issuecomment-669018902

Add this to your csproj:

  <Target Name="RunFunctions">
    <Exec Command="func start" />
  </Target>

Then you can run with watch by calling this:

dotnet watch msbuild /t:RunFunctions

NB: If you want to use some common commands, you could configure a package.json with a start script e.g.

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "dotnet watch msbuild /t:RunFunctions"
  }
}

Then you can simply run with yarn start

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Currently this is not possible.

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