• Operating System: Windows 10
• Node Version: 9.2.0
• NPM Version: 5.5.1
• webpack Version: 3.10.0
• webpack-dev-server Version: 2.9.7

• This is a bug
• This is a feature request
• This is a modification request

Code

  // webpack.config.js
...
devServer: {
    ...
    contentBase: DEST,
    watchContentBase: true,
    ...
}

Expected Behavior

Setting watchContentBase to true should watch contentBase paths all way deep

Actual Behavior

According to chockidar documentation, setting depth parameter limits the depth of folders being traversed, and the fix of #1208 limits it to 0, leading to changes in the deeper folders being ignored, and not triggering recompilation.

For Bugs; How can we reproduce the behavior?

1. Place some folder with files and nested structure in the contentBase folder (folder1/folder2/file1.css)
2. Start webpack-dev-server with watchContentBase: true
3. Change file1.css from the structure created on step 1.