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author: ''
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date: 2013/08/30 18:59:59
description: The new "nikola auto" mode is awesome.
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slug: new-in-nikola-v6-part-iv-awesome-auto-mode
tags: python, nikola
title: 'New in Nikola v6 part IV: Awesome Auto Mode'
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updated: 2013/08/30 18:59:59
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I am planning to do a major release (version 6!) of `Nikola <http://nikola.ralsina.me>`_
my static blog and site generator the next weekend. It's a major version because there
has been *a ton* of feature work done. So, I will do a quick series highlighting some of
those improvements this week.

Today's Topic: Auto Mode
------------------------

Nikola has had, since day one, a way to run in "auto mode". That means that it would
rebuild the site automatically when it saw a file change. That was provided by
`doit <http://pydoit.org/>`_ the cool software that handles nikola's task tree.

The problem was that it was slightly limited, and it didn't notice configuration
changes, or when you added new files. It only reacted to changes in things it
already knew as dependencies.

Well, in v6, Nikola has a new auto mode courtesy of
`Python Livereload <https://github.com/lepture/python-livereload>`_ that fixes all that.

I think the best way to show it is with a video, so here it is (there are typos and
such, just see the big picture ;-):

.. media:: http://youtu.be/FOwWpb-r0nU