feat: sync new files from WebContainer to editor

e2e/src/components/ButtonWriteToFile.tsx

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ export function ButtonWriteToFile({ filePath, newContent, access = 'store', test
       case 'webcontainer': {
         const webcontainerInstance = await webcontainer;
 
+        const folderPath = filePath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
+
+        if (folderPath) {
+          await webcontainerInstance.fs.mkdir(folderPath, { recursive: true });
+        }
+
         await webcontainerInstance.fs.writeFile(filePath, newContent);
 
         return;

e2e/src/content/tutorial/tests/filesystem/no-watch/content.mdx

@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ import { ButtonWriteToFile } from '@components/ButtonWriteToFile';
 # Watch filesystem test
 
 <ButtonWriteToFile client:load access="webcontainer" filePath="/bar.txt" newContent='Something else' />
+<ButtonWriteToFile client:load access="webcontainer" filePath="/src/new.txt" newContent='New' testId='write-new-file' />

e2e/src/content/tutorial/tests/filesystem/watch-glob/_files/a/b/baz.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Baz

e2e/src/content/tutorial/tests/filesystem/watch-glob/_files/bar.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Initial content

e2e/src/content/tutorial/tests/filesystem/watch-glob/content.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+type: lesson
+title: Watch Glob
+focus: /bar.txt
+filesystem:
+  watch: ['/*', '/a/**/*', '/src/**/*']
+---
+
+import { ButtonWriteToFile } from '@components/ButtonWriteToFile';
+
+# Watch filesystem test
+
+<ButtonWriteToFile client:load access="webcontainer" filePath="/bar.txt" newContent='Something else' />
+<ButtonWriteToFile client:load access="webcontainer" filePath="/a/b/baz.txt" newContent='Foo' testId='write-to-file-in-subfolder' />
+<ButtonWriteToFile client:load access="webcontainer" filePath="/src/new.txt" newContent='New' testId='write-new-file' />
+<ButtonWriteToFile client:load access="webcontainer" filePath="/unknown/other.txt" newContent='Ignore this' testId='write-new-ignored-file' />

e2e/src/content/tutorial/tests/filesystem/watch/content.mdx

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ import { ButtonWriteToFile } from '@components/ButtonWriteToFile';
 
 <ButtonWriteToFile client:load access="webcontainer" filePath="/bar.txt" newContent='Something else' />
 <ButtonWriteToFile client:load access="webcontainer" filePath="/a/b/baz.txt" newContent='Foo' testId='write-to-file-in-subfolder' />
+<ButtonWriteToFile client:load access="webcontainer" filePath="/unknown/other.txt" newContent='Ignore this' testId='write-new-ignored-file' />

e2e/test/filesystem.test.ts

@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ test('editor should reflect changes made from webcontainer', async ({ page }) =>
   });
 });
 
-test('editor should reflect changes made from webcontainer in file in nested folder', async ({ page }) => {
+test('editor should reflect changes made from webcontainer in file in nested folder and not add new files', async ({ page }) => {
   const testCase = 'watch';
   await page.goto(`${BASE_URL}/${testCase}`);
 
+  await page.getByTestId('write-new-ignored-file').click();
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'baz.txt' }).click();
 
   await expect(page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Editor' })).toHaveText('Baz', {
@@ -32,6 +33,37 @@ test('editor should reflect changes made from webcontainer in file in nested fol
   await expect(page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Editor' })).toHaveText('Foo', {
     useInnerText: true,
   });
+  expect(await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'other.txt' }).count()).toEqual(0);
+});
+
+test('editor should reflect changes made from webcontainer in specified paths', async ({ page }) => {
+  const testCase = 'watch-glob';
+  await page.goto(`${BASE_URL}/${testCase}`);
+
+  await expect(page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Editor' })).toHaveText('Initial content\n', {
+    useInnerText: true,
+  });
+
+  await page.getByTestId('write-to-file').click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Editor' })).toHaveText('Something else', {
+    useInnerText: true,
+  });
+});
+
+test('editor should reflect new files added in specified paths in webcontainer', async ({ page }) => {
+  const testCase = 'watch-glob';
+  await page.goto(`${BASE_URL}/${testCase}`);
+
+  await page.getByTestId('write-new-ignored-file').click();
+  await page.getByTestId('write-new-file').click();
+
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'new.txt' }).click();
+  expect(await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'other.txt' }).count()).toEqual(0);
+
+  await expect(page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Editor' })).toHaveText('New', {
+    useInnerText: true,
+  });
 });
 
 test('editor should not reflect changes made from webcontainer if watch is not set', async ({ page }) => {

packages/runtime/package.json

@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@tutorialkit/types": "workspace:*",
     "@webcontainer/api": "1.2.4",
-    "nanostores": "^0.10.3"
+    "nanostores": "^0.10.3",
+    "picomatch": "^4.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/picomatch": "^3.0.1",
     "typescript": "^5.4.5",
     "vite": "^5.3.1",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^4.3.2",

packages/runtime/src/store/editor.ts

@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ export class EditorStore {
 
   addFileOrFolder(file: FileDescriptor) {
     // when adding file or folder to empty folder, remove the empty folder from documents
-    const emptyFolder = this.files.get().find((f) => f.type === 'folder' && file.path.startsWith(f.path));
+    const emptyFolder = this.files.get().find((f) => file.path.startsWith(f.path));
 
-    if (emptyFolder && emptyFolder.type === 'folder') {
+    if (emptyFolder) {
       this.documents.setKey(emptyFolder.path, undefined);
     }
 

packages/runtime/src/store/tutorial-runner.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { CommandsSchema, Files } from '@tutorialkit/types';
 import type { IFSWatcher, WebContainer, WebContainerProcess } from '@webcontainer/api';
+import picomatch from 'picomatch';
 import { newTask, type Task, type TaskCancelled } from '../tasks.js';
 import { MultiCounter } from '../utils/multi-counter.js';
 import { clearTerminal, escapeCodes, type ITerminal } from '../utils/terminal.js';
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export class TutorialRunner {
 
   private _ignoreFileEvents = new MultiCounter();
   private _watcher: IFSWatcher | undefined;
-  private _watchContentFromWebContainer = false;
+  private _watchContentFromWebContainer: string[] | boolean = false;
   private _readyToWatch = false;
 
   private _packageJsonDirty = false;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ export class TutorialRunner {
     private _stepController: StepsController,
   ) {}
 
-  setWatchFromWebContainer(value: boolean) {
+  setWatchFromWebContainer(value: boolean | string[]) {
     this._watchContentFromWebContainer = value;
 
     if (this._readyToWatch && this._watchContentFromWebContainer) {
@@ -654,19 +655,39 @@ export class TutorialRunner {
         return;
       }
 
-      // for now we only care about 'change' event
-      if (eventType !== 'change') {
+      if (
+        Array.isArray(this._watchContentFromWebContainer) &&
+        !this._watchContentFromWebContainer.some((pattern) => picomatch.isMatch(filePath, pattern))
+      ) {
         return;
       }
 
-      // we ignore all paths that aren't exposed in the `_editorStore`
-      const file = this._editorStore.documents.get()[filePath];
+      if (eventType === 'change') {
+        // we ignore all paths that aren't exposed in the `_editorStore`
+        const file = this._editorStore.documents.get()[filePath];
 
-      if (!file) {
-        return;
-      }
+        if (!file) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        scheduleReadFor(filePath, typeof file.value === 'string' ? 'utf-8' : null);
+      } else if (eventType === 'rename' && Array.isArray(this._watchContentFromWebContainer)) {
+        const segments = filePath.split('/');
+        segments.forEach((_, index) => {
+          if (index == segments.length - 1) {
+            return;
+          }
 
-      scheduleReadFor(filePath, typeof file.value === 'string' ? 'utf-8' : null);
+          const folderPath = segments.slice(0, index + 1).join('/');
+
+          if (!this._editorStore.documents.get()[folderPath]) {
+            this._editorStore.addFileOrFolder({ path: folderPath, type: 'folder' });
+          }
+        });
+        this._editorStore.addFileOrFolder({ path: filePath, type: 'file' });
+        this._updateCurrentFiles({ [filePath]: 'test' });
+        scheduleReadFor(filePath, 'utf-8');
+      }
     });
   }
 

packages/types/src/schemas/common.ts

@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ export type PreviewSchema = z.infer<typeof previewSchema>;
 
 export const fileSystemSchema = z.object({
   watch: z
-    .boolean()
-    .optional()
-    .describe('When set to true, file changes in WebContainer are updated in the editor as well.'),
+    .union([z.boolean(), z.array(z.string())])
+    .describe(
+      'When set to true, file changes in WebContainer are updated in the editor as well. When set to an array, file changes or new files in the matching paths are updated in the editor.',
+    )
+    .optional(),
 });
 
 export type FileSystemSchema = z.infer<typeof fileSystemSchema>;