Ignore exclude problem

[DrErvin]

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Issue description

My live-server keeps reloading the page when a change is detected in the data.json file that is hosted and acts as a mock JSON/API. Page reloading happens when the data from the form on the frontend app gets uploaded to the data.json file. I have tried running live-server with ignore commands but it always keeps detecting changes in data.json file. I have tried commands for ignore such as: >live-server --ignore="server/**", also >live-server --ignore='server/**' --no-browser --verbose, and >live-server --ignore="server/data.json". None seem to work and each give me the change detected in PATH\data.json and reload my page. I have checked that the dev server watch function does the change but it is not the case, my live-server does the change.
My question is how do I get the ignore function to work and not cause page reloading upon data.json changes.

Software details

I have my application running on port 8080 and the dev server running on port 3000. I am running the js server with express.js. I will provide the picture of my file structure. I will also provide picture of my package.json

• Command line used for launching live-server: Mentioned above
• OS: Windows 10 Pro
• Browser (if browser related):
• Node.js version: v21.7.1
• live-server version: 5.7.9
  
  

[Black-Platypus]

I may have the same problem.
What CLI/Terminal are you using; where are you defining the command like arguments?

Edit: Does adding . to the end of your command make it work?
It seems like live-server may not initialize the starting dir properly before trying to use it for joining (and subsequent matching) without it