By ajung on

Running Drupal 8.3.0 under Apache. I am currently working on tweaking an existing module (PHP code and TWIG templates).
auto_load is set to true and cache to false in both files as recommended however I do not see any impact. Changes to my templates are not being picked up automatically. I always have to "drush cr" for getting the updated version of my template

The services.yml is being picked up (an error in the Yaml file gives an error during cache-rebuild.

...anything else I am missing? Can it be that hard for getting a reasonable dev environment working?

-aj

sites/default/services.yml 

...

    debug: true 
    # Twig auto-reload:
    #
    # Automatically recompile Twig templates whenever the source code changes.
    # If you don't provide a value for auto_reload, it will be determined
    # based on the value of debug.
    #
    # Not recommended in production environments
    # @default null
    auto_reload:true 
    # Twig cache:
    #
    # By default, Twig templates will be compiled and stored in the filesystem
    # to increase performance. Disabling the Twig cache will recompile the
    # templates from source each time they are used. In most cases the
    # auto_reload setting above should be enabled rather than disabling the
    # Twig cache.
    #
    # Not recommended in production environments
    # @default true
    cache: null
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Comments

bshelling35’s picture

bshelling35 commented

Set your "Local development override configuration feature" in the example.settings.local.php
Then in your development.services.yml file
twig.config:
debug: true
auto_reload: true
cache: false
under the parameters key

ergophobe’s picture

ergophobe commented

Actually, I'm experiencing the same thing.

Turns out this is a bit more complicated in Drupal 8, but even following the detailed instructions here:
Disable Drupal 8 caching during development
https://www.drupal.org/node/2598914

I still have to clear the cache every time I edit my node.html.twig template