+FIX: add option to disable watchers even in dev mode

app/config.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// At least one of these should be set
 	Debug          bool `json:"debug,omitempty" envconfig:"DEBUG"`
 	AllowTestLogin bool `json:"allow_test_login,omitempty" envconfig:"ALLOW_TEST_LOGIN"`
+	DisableWatchers bool `json:"disable_watchers,omitempty" envconfig:"DISABLE_WATCHERS"`
 }
 
 func NewConfigProvider(files []string, devfiles []string) *ConfigProvider {
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@ func (c *ConfigProvider) Validate() error {
 		slog.Info("Debug mode is disabled")
 	}
 
+	if c.DisableWatchers {
+		slog.Info("Template watchers are disabled")
+	} else {
+		slog.Info("Template watchers are enabled")
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

app/pb.go

@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ func (app *App) Serve() error {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	if app.MAConfig.Debug {
+	if app.MAConfig.Debug && !app.MAConfig.DisableWatchers {
 		app.setWatchers(engine)
+		engine.Debug()
 	}
 
 	// INFO: we use OnServe, but here is also OnBootstrap
@@ -686,7 +687,6 @@ func (app *App) setWatchers(engine *templating.Engine) {
 	} else {
 		watcher.AddRecursive(LAYOUT_DIR)
 		watcher.AddRecursive(ROUTES_DIR)
-		engine.Debug()
 		rwatcher, err := RefreshWatcher(engine)
 		if err != nil {
 			app.PB.Logger().Error("Failed to create watcher, continuing without", "error", err)

config.dev.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"debug": true,
-	"allow_test_login": true
+	"allow_test_login": true,
+	"disable_watchers": false
 }