A path without a leading slash (or backslash) will be applied as a glob filter to all files within the current working directory. E.g. watch foo
will result in the entire working directory being watched, but only files matching the glob **foo
will be processed.
If your watcher seems slow, unresponsive, or is failing to notice some file change events, it is likely that you have it watching too many files. Try specifying more specific paths to the files you want to process, and use leading slashes in your arguments to avoid watching all files in the current working directory.