From b9c4c3528ed2113c3489792f42f82afff900c3e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincenzo Scamporlino <vincenzos@spotify.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:32:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] cli: exclude non-source code files from watchlist

Co-authored-by: Philipp Hugenroth <philipph@spotify.com>
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Scamporlino <vincenzos@spotify.com>
---
 packages/cli/src/lib/experimental/startBackendExperimental.ts | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/experimental/startBackendExperimental.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/experimental/startBackendExperimental.ts
index 578fd1c747..c4271deb3d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/experimental/startBackendExperimental.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/experimental/startBackendExperimental.ts
@@ -124,9 +124,8 @@ export async function startBackendExperimental(options: BackendServeOptions) {
 
   restart();
 
-  watcher = watch([paths.targetDir], {
+  watcher = watch([], {
     cwd: process.cwd(),
-    ignored: ['**/.*/**', '**/node_modules/**'],
     ignoreInitial: true,
     ignorePermissionErrors: true,
   }).on('all', restart);

From 425203f89867e2e40b01920e0eab819b473a280b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincenzo Scamporlino <vincenzos@spotify.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:40:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] cli: watch changeset

Co-authored-by: Philipp Hugenroth <philipph@spotify.com>
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Scamporlino <vincenzos@spotify.com>
---
 .changeset/tall-dragons-jump.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/tall-dragons-jump.md

diff --git a/.changeset/tall-dragons-jump.md b/.changeset/tall-dragons-jump.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c35eb3fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tall-dragons-jump.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Fixed recursive reloading issues of the backend, caused by unwanted watched files.