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mops watch

Watch Motoko files and check for syntax errors, warnings, run tests, generate declarations and deploy canisters

mops watch

By default, mops watch will:

  • Check for syntax errors
  • Check for warnings
  • Run tests
  • Generate declarations for Motoko canisters
  • Deploy Motoko canisters to the local replica

Options​

--error​

Check Motoko files for syntax errors.

Always enabled.

mops watch --error

--warning​

Check Motoko files for warnings.

mops watch --warning

--format​

Format Motoko files.

mops watch --format

--test​

Run Motoko tests.

mops watch --test
info

Replica tests use pocket-ic if it's pinned in mops.toml under [toolchain], otherwise they fall back to the dfx replica, which is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Run mops toolchain use pocket-ic 12.0.0 to pin a PocketIC version and silence the warning.

--generate​

Generate declarations for Motoko canisters from dfx.json that have declarations field.

mops watch --generate

--deploy​

Deploy Motoko canisters to the local replica.

mops watch --deploy

Examples​

Check syntax errors, show warnings, run tests, generate declarations and deploy canisters

mops watch

Check syntax errors and show warnings

mops watch --warning

Check syntax errors, run tests, generate declarations and deploy canisters

mops watch --test --generate --deploy

or

mops watch -tgd