cargo watch -x run is not working inside docker

[vital stump]

Dockerfile.dev

FROM rust:1.81.0-bullseye as builder

WORKDIR /app


RUN cargo install cargo-watch
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libpq-dev && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

COPY . .

docker-compose.dev.yml

version: '3.8'

services:
  server:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile.dev
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    volumes:
      - .:/app
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
    command: cargo watch -x run  
    stdin_open: true
    tty: true
  
  db:
    image: postgres:16
    restart: always
    user: postgres
    volumes:
      - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
      POSTGRES_DB: postgres
    ports:
      - 5432:5432
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5
  

volumes:
  db-data:

the server and databse are working but when i change the code the watch is not working

[edgy trellis]

Watch on Linux uses inotify, and Googling turns up things like https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70117645/inotify-on-docker-mounted-volumes-mac-linux

[vital stump]

I'm on windows btw

[edgy trellis]

Is the guest also Windows?

[vital stump]

@frosty raptor check here

[edgy trellis]

Did you see this question? @vital stump

[frosty raptor]

windows -> I am out

good luck

I know the solution on Linux, can't help on windows

[vital stump]

I'm not using any VM my host is windows