[unhammer]

is `dotnet watch` basically `git ls-files|entr dotnet build` ?

(entr is http://eradman.com/entrproject/ – like inotifywait but easier)

[klysm]

It may as well be. It can do some legit hot reload, but the set of scenarios where it works is so small it’s effectively useless.

[exyi]

Yea, the drama occurred when it was in preview, so we all thought it's going to have real hot-reload capability as we know from webdev.

[JamesSwift]

No, it has a lot of bytecode level intelligence to surgically replace the parts of the program that need replaced (as I understand it). Your version just re-runs the project from scratch whenever a change occurs.

[ygra]

I think it also replaces the running code on the fly.