From 47948e55483cceba5d7cb0888a561bcbc6df8fe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayobami Haastrup <47716486+AyobamiH@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 20:29:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: match build watch ignore by path segment

Signed-off-by: Ayobami Haastrup <47716486+AyobamiH@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 lib/watch/utils.js |  1 +
 test/watch.test.js | 14 +++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/watch/utils.js b/lib/watch/utils.js
index 6f49c3c6..0a5a1bda 100644
--- a/lib/watch/utils.js
+++ b/lib/watch/utils.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const path = require('node:path')
 
 const arrayToRegExp = (arr) => {
   const reg = arr.map((file) => {
+    if (file === 'build') { return '(?:^|[/\\\\])build(?:[/\\\\]|$)' }
     if (/^\./.test(file)) { return `\\${file}` }
     return file
   }).join('|')
diff --git a/test/watch.test.js b/test/watch.test.js
index 135be9ec..c89fd037 100644
--- a/test/watch.test.js
+++ b/test/watch.test.js
@@ -41,8 +41,20 @@ test('followWatch parameter should set watchDir correctly', async (t) => {
 test('should equal expect RegExp', t => {
   t.plan(1)
 
-  const expectRegExp = /(node_modules|build|dist|\.git|bower_components|logs)/
+  const expectRegExp = /(node_modules|(?:^|[/\\])build(?:[/\\]|$)|dist|\.git|bower_components|logs)/
   const regExp = arrayToRegExp(['node_modules', 'build', 'dist', '.git', 'bower_components', 'logs'])
 
   t.assert.deepStrictEqual(regExp, expectRegExp)
 })
+
+test('build ignore should only match build path segments', t => {
+  const regExp = arrayToRegExp(['build'])
+
+  t.assert.strictEqual(regExp.test('/tmp/any-builder/app.js'), false)
+  t.assert.strictEqual(regExp.test('/tmp/builders/app.js'), false)
+  t.assert.strictEqual(regExp.test('C:\\work\\any-builder\\app.js'), false)
+
+  t.assert.strictEqual(regExp.test('build/app.js'), true)
+  t.assert.strictEqual(regExp.test('/tmp/any-builder/build/app.js'), true)
+  t.assert.strictEqual(regExp.test('C:\\work\\any-builder\\build\\app.js'), true)
+})