Should @external_resource support directories, as well as file?

[Ramon Snir]

Hello all,

Today @external_resource only works for regular files. I think (because I'd use it in an application I'm writing - which now requires an occasional mix clean) that it should be extended to support directories too: effecting recompilation when either the directory's mtime was changed, or any of its files (and most importantly: if a file was added/removed).

Is there a reason not to support this?

[José Valim]

Mix was used to rely more on directories but we have learned the hard way that their mtime is mostly unreliable on all OSes. They don't get updated when they should, often go to unexpected values. So my advice would be to avoid them.

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