Guard::LiveReload¶ ↑

LiveReload guard allows to automatically reload your browser when ‘view’ files are modified.

Install¶ ↑

Please be sure to have guard installed before continue.

Install the gem:

gem install guard-livereload

Add it to your Gemfile (inside test group):

gem 'guard-livereload'

Add guard definition to your Guardfile by running this command:

guard init livereload

Install LiveReload Safari/Chrome extension

Usage¶ ↑

Please read guard usage doc and LiveReload extension usage doc

Guardfile¶ ↑

You can adapt your ‘view’ files like you want. Please read guard doc for more info about Guardfile DSL.

guard 'livereload' do
  watch('app/.+\.(erb|haml)$')
  watch('app/helpers/.+\.rb$')
  watch('public/.+\.(css|js|html)$')
  watch('config/locales/.+\.yml$')
end

Options¶ ↑

LiveReload guard have five options (host, port, api_version, apply_js_live and apply_css_live):

guard 'livereload', :port => '35728' do
  ...
end

See LiveReload configuration doc for more info about those options.

Development¶ ↑

• Source hosted at GitHub

• Report issues/Questions/Feature requests on GitHub Issues

Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested. Please create a topic branch for every separate change you make.

Authors¶ ↑

Thibaud Guillaume-Gentil