Implement a global change debounce

lib/index.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const filewatcher = require('filewatcher');
 const { join } = require('path');
 const semver = require('semver');
 const { pathToFileURL } = require('url');
+const debounceFn = require('debounce');
 
 const { clearFactory } = require('./clear');
 const { configureDeps, configureIgnore } = require('./ignore');
@@ -64,20 +65,23 @@ module.exports = function (
   // The child_process
   let child;
 
-  watcher.on('change', file => {
-    clearOutput();
-    notify('Restarting', `${file} has been modified`);
-    watcher.removeAll();
-    isPaused = true;
-    if (child) {
-      // Child is still running, restart upon exit
-      child.on('exit', start);
-      stop();
-    } else {
-      // Child is already stopped, probably due to a previous error
-      start();
-    }
-  });
+  watcher.on(
+    'change',
+    debounceFn(file => {
+      clearOutput();
+      notify('Restarting', `${file} has been modified`);
+      watcher.removeAll();
+      isPaused = true;
+      if (child) {
+        // Child is still running, restart upon exit
+        child.on('exit', start);
+        stop();
+      } else {
+        // Child is already stopped, probably due to a previous error
+        start();
+      }
+    }, debounce)
+  );
 
   watcher.on('fallback', limit => {
     log.warn('node-dev ran out of file handles after watching %s files.', limit);

package.json

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "dateformat": "^3.0.3",
+    "debounce": "^1.2.1",
     "dynamic-dedupe": "^0.3.0",
     "filewatcher": "~3.0.0",
     "get-package-type": "^0.1.0",