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fix(desktop): start the project watch before panels read project files #51

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21 changes: 12 additions & 9 deletions src/app/state/appNavigation.ts
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Expand Up @@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ export function useSelectPage(
// last project isn't a choice the user made about this one.
setDevice('desktop');
void addRecentProject(projectPath).catch(() => {});
// Starting the watch records the open project in the main process, which
// allows file access only inside it. It goes out before the first await, so
// it reaches main before any panel that mounts with the project reads a file.
void watchProject(projectPath)
.then((started) => {
if (!started) {
showToast('Couldn’t watch project files. External edits may need a refresh.', 'error');
}
})
.catch((error: unknown) => {
showToast(`Couldn’t watch project files: ${cleanError(error)}`, 'error');
});
const result = await rescan(projectPath);

const hasDeps = await projectHasNodeModules(projectPath);
Expand All @@ -102,15 +114,6 @@ export function useSelectPage(
}
// startPreview reports its own failure in the preview area.
void startPreview(projectPath);
void watchProject(projectPath)
.then((started) => {
if (!started) {
showToast('Couldn’t watch project files. External edits may need a refresh.', 'error');
}
})
.catch((error: unknown) => {
showToast(`Couldn’t watch project files: ${cleanError(error)}`, 'error');
});

const first =
result.pages.find((page) => page.name === 'index.astro') || result.pages[0] || undefined;
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