Watchman required with 2.0.0 when not watching files.

[sheki]

When running a non watch command like
relay-compiler --schema ./webpack/assets/javascripts/relay/schema.json --extensions js jsx --src ./webpack in relay 2.0.0, the lack of watchman on the system fails the build.

This was not the case with relay 1.7.x. Our CI builds now need watchman. Watchman does not come with prebuilt packages and its not something I want to add to our build.

Is there a chance that this is a regression with 2.0.0

 relay-compiler --schema ./webpack/assets/javascripts/relay/schema.json --extensions js jsx --src ./webpack
Watchman:  Watchman was not found in PATH.  See https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.html for installation instructions
HINT: pass --watch to keep watching for changes.

Writing js
Unchanged: 476 files
Watchman:  Watchman was not found in PATH.  See https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.html for installation instructions
events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: Watchman was not found in PATH.  See https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.html for installation instructions
    at _errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:190:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:372:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

[sibelius]

you can disable watchman, check

relay/packages/relay-compiler/bin/RelayCompilerMain.js

Line 135 in 708f842

watchman: boolean,

relay-compiler --watchman false

[sheki]

Thanks for the workaround

The option should be opt in instead of opt-out.
"relay-compiler": "relay-compiler --schema ./webpack/assets/javascripts/relay/schema.json --extensions js jsx --src ./webpack"

I would have to now add two versions of this command, which more than a minor annoyance.

Consider changing the default for the option.

[alloy]

I don't think it should just be disabled by default, but it should only be enabled when --watch is enabled imo. @sheki Care to create a PR for that?

[m4rcelofs]

I don't think it should just be disabled by default, but it should only be enabled when --watch is enabled imo. @sheki Care to create a PR for that?

The Quick Start Guide indicates that watchman is an optional dependency, so throwing an error when just following the tutorial-provided command seems... weird, indeed.

[jstejada]

Yeah, we should at least update the docs, thanks for pointing that out!
cc @alunyov

[alunyov]

I think I have a fix for that: #2643

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[MattKleinsmith]

Hello from 2023,

I needed to remove --watch from "watch-relay": "relay-compiler --watch", in relay-examples/newsfeed/package.json to get npm run dev to work with the tutorial.

I might need to re-run npm run dev each time I make a change to a fragment/query. At least the data is loading from GraphQL now, though.

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Edit:

Installed Watchman. Wanted the watch feature.