[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63605: npm run dev: file watcher sometimes deletes uploaded files

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#63605: npm run dev: file watcher sometimes deletes uploaded files
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 Reporter:  siliconforks      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:
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 I've noticed that, when the `npm run dev` command is running the file
 watcher, if you try to upload a file, the file watcher will sometimes
 delete the file immediately after it has been created.

 Unfortunately it seems to happen only intermittently, and I haven't found
 a reliable way of reproducing it consistently.  I've seen it happen
 sometimes when uploading an image to the Media Library, and I've also seen
 it happen when uploading a font file using the block editor.  You can see
 an example of the latter here:
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63568#comment:20

 When it does happen, the output from `npm run dev` will look something
 like this:

 {{{
 Running "_watch" task
 ...
 >> File "src/wp-content/uploads/fonts/O-Reilly-Sans-Regular.ttf" added.

 Running "clean:dynamic" (clean) task
 >> 1 path cleaned.
 }}}

 The `1 path cleaned` indicates that the file watcher just deleted a file
 for some reason (normally it says `0 paths cleaned`).

 I searched Trac to see whether this has been reported before, and I found
 #49275 which is kind of a different issue but appears to be similar.  The
 author made the following suggestion which seems like it would fix both
 issues:

 > Is there a way to maybe only "watch" the wp-content files that core has
 and nothing else?

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