Touch-reload file?

[fertapric]

Touch-reload file

A touch-reload file can be used to signal when the code
needs to be reloaded:

  config :plux, Plux.CodeReloader,
    touch_reload_path: /tmp/touch-reload

If the touch-reload file exists, per-request code reloads will
be skipped if the touch-reload file was not modified since the
last code reload.

If the touch-reload file does not exist, code will be reloaded
on every request.

[fertapric]

The idea here is to reduce the amount of time that Elixir takes to check if any of the files were changed. The issue is that it requires an external piece of code (like inotify), and that piece of code might not always be available.

However, inotify seems to have some issues with Docker, so maybe this is not the best idea?