[Question] Check if --syncAllFiles flag was passed when running app

[NickIliev]

From @aaayushsingh on September 3, 2018 18:47

I have a hook that needs to check if tns run <platform> --syncAllFiles was used or just tns run <platform>. Basically I need to check for --syncAllFiles flag. I couldn't find a resource for this.

or is there another way to execute a hook on full build and ignore otherwise?

Copied from original issue: NativeScript/NativeScript#6236

[rosen-vladimirov]

syncAllFiles option will not exist in NativeScript 6.0.0. @aaayushsingh , is there a reason you needed syncAllFiles in hooks ?

[aaayushsingh]

@rosen-vladimirov it came in handy when trying to debug errors in a plugin I was using.

Why is this being removed? Incompatible with the new mandatory bundling when running?

Edit: I wanted to access use of this flag in hooks because I was trying to make debugging/development faster by only executing certain hooks when syncAllFiles flag was passed. The hooks didn't serve any other purpose besides slowing down the workflow when this flag wasn't passed

[rosen-vladimirov]

Hey @aaayushsingh ,
The flag will be removed as in 6.0.0 release CLI will watch all required files in node_modules by default. We would like to streamline the development of plugins (which is the use-case for adding syncAllFiles option in the past), so we decided to make it as easier as possible, i.e. skip all custom options.