Auto-reloading files on Windows not working without webpack-hot-middleware

[webpack]

Auto-reloading files on Windows not working without webpack-hot-middleware

[robbyemmert]

Does it have to do with the difference in the way Windows and Mac/Linux manage file paths?
I noticed this in my console from webpack-dev-server. Notice the '~' in the filepath. I don't think that works on Windows:

 [0] ./~/html-webpack-plugin/lib/loader.js!./src/index.hbs 1.07 kB {0} [built]
        [1] ./~/handlebars/runtime.js 167 bytes {0} [built]
        [2] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars.runtime.js 4.59 kB {0} [built]
        [3] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/base.js 8.38 kB {0} [built]
        [4] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/utils.js 10.2 kB {0} [built]
        [5] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/exception.js 3.56 kB {0} [built]
        [6] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers.js 2.91 kB {0} [built]
        [7] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/block-helper-missing.js 3.77 kB {0} [built]
        [8] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/each.js 8.1 kB {0} [built]
        [9] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/helper-missing.js 1.98 kB {0} [built]
       [10] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/if.js 3.33 kB {0} [built]
       [11] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/log.js 2.5 kB {0} [built]
       [12] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/lookup.js 846 bytes {0} [built]
       [13] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/with.js 3 kB {0} [built]
       [14] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/decorators.js 990 bytes {0} [built]
       [15] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/decorators/inline.js 2.68 kB {0} [built]
       [16] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/logger.js 3.83 kB {0} [built]
       [17] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/safe-string.js 1.15 kB {0} [built]
       [18] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/runtime.js 33.1 kB {0} [built]
       [19] ./~/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/no-conflict.js 1.57 kB {0} [built]

[SpaceK33z]

@joshburgess, do you still have this issue? If so, do you also have it when using webpack-dev-server? Last week I started a windows VM because of some unrelated issue, and I successfully tested that auto-reload works.

@robbyemmert, this is not related, it's only for shortening the path you see in the console.

[SpaceK33z]

I'm closing this issue because of inactivity. Feel free to comment, and we can always re-open it again.