Watch flag not creating file when first run

[gunnx]

When I add the flag --watch the output file/sourcemap is not created until I make a change, is this expected behaviour? I was assuming it would generate the file first then watch for changes.

my command
node-sass --source-map true --watch --output-style expanded ./src/main.scss ./dist/core.css

node-sass v3.8.0

[xzyfer]

This is the intended behaviour. Remove the watch flag compilation. There is no way to please every body here so this is the we've settled on.

[saper]

@xzyfer I am not using gaze myself, can you remind me what would be the use case for --watch not creating files for a first time?

[xzyfer]

@saper it's purely a usability this. We used to build on watch which resulted the complaints. Being two discrete operations gives the user more control of their work flow. It also allows for better integration with build tools like gulp if someone wanted to use node-sass's smart watcher.

[rinatio]

Did you consider having a value for --watch flag? --watch=force for example. Writing here, because #1742 is closed.

[mangelozzi]

I was confused cause I expected --update --watch to perform the current default behaviour, and just --watch to compile once at startup and then watch, then everyone is happy! Yay!