TSDocYou can use excludeFiles to drastically reduce the number of files which are watched during --watch. This can be a useful way to reduce the number of open file which TypeScript tracks on Linux.
json
{
"watchOptions": {
"excludeDirectories": ["**/node_modules", "_build", "temp/*"]
}
}{
"watchOptions": {
"excludeDirectories": ["**/node_modules", "_build", "temp/*"]
}
}