How to not watch a file for changes in Play Framework

Question

On a Play Framework 2.2 project that is using sbt-buildinfo to create a BuildInfo.scala file when the project is compiled, how can build.sbt be con

Answer 1

To remove a particular file from being watched you can do in build.sbt:

watchSources := watchSources.value.filter { _.getName != "BuildInfo.scala" }

I tried to reproduce basic setup, and for me the BuildInfo.scala file is not watched. You can see the list of watched sources by issuing show watchSources.