Run clean on reload when both are specified for serve.

src/render_engine_cli/cli.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 )
 
 MODULE_SITE_HELP = "The module (python file) and site (the Site object) for your site in the format module:site"
+console = Console()
 
 try:
     # Get the RE version for display. If it's not set it means we're working locally.
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ def build(module_site: str, clean: bool):
     module, site_name = split_module_site(module_site)
     site = get_site(module, site_name)
     if clean:
-        remove_output_folder(Path(site.output_path))
+        remove_output_folder(Path(site.output_path), console=console)
     site.render()
 
 
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ def build(module_site: str, clean: bool):
 @click.option(
     "-c",
     "--clean",
-    help="Clean the output folder prior to building.",
+    help="Clean the output folder prior to building. If `--reload` is set this will clean on each reload.",
     is_flag=True,
     default=False,
 )
@@ -165,7 +166,13 @@ def build(module_site: str, clean: bool):
     is_flag=True,
     default=False,
 )
-@click.option("-p", "--port", type=click.IntRange(0, 65534), help="Port to serve on", default=8000.0)
+@click.option(
+    "-p",
+    "--port",
+    type=click.IntRange(0, 65534),
+    help="Port to serve on",
+    default=8000.0,
+)
 def serve(module_site: str, clean: bool, reload: bool, port: int):
     """
     Create an HTTP server to serve the site at `localhost`.
@@ -186,7 +193,7 @@ def serve(module_site: str, clean: bool, reload: bool, port: int):
     site = get_site(module, site_name)
 
     if clean:
-        remove_output_folder(Path(site.output_path))
+        remove_output_folder(Path(site.output_path), console=console)
     site.render()
 
     server_address = ("127.0.0.1", port)
@@ -199,6 +206,7 @@ def serve(module_site: str, clean: bool, reload: bool, port: int):
         output_path=site.output_path,
         patterns=None,
         ignore_patterns=[r".*output\\*.+$", r"\.\\\..+$", r".*__.*$"],
+        clean=clean,
     )
 
     with handler:
@@ -378,7 +386,6 @@ def templates(module_site: str, theme_name: str, filter_value: str):
     """
     module, site_name = split_module_site(module_site)
     site = get_site(module, site_name)
-    console = Console()
 
     if theme_name:
         available_themes = get_available_themes(console, site, theme_name)

src/render_engine_cli/event.py

@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 import time
 import traceback
 from http.server import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import watchfiles
 from rich.console import Console
 
-from render_engine_cli.utils import get_site
-
-console = Console()
+from render_engine_cli.utils import get_site, remove_output_folder
 
 
 def spawn_server(server_address: tuple[str, int], directory: str) -> ThreadingHTTPServer:
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ def __init__(
         dirs_to_watch: str | None = None,
         patterns: list[str] | None = None,
         ignore_patterns: list[str] | None = None,
+        clean: bool = False,
         *args,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
@@ -70,29 +70,33 @@ def __init__(
         self.dirs_to_watch = dirs_to_watch
         self.patterns = patterns
         self.ignore_patterns = ignore_patterns
+        self.clean = clean
+        self.console = Console()
 
     def start_server(self) -> None:
         if not getattr(self, "server", False):
-            console.print(
+            self.console.print(
                 f"[bold green]Spawning server on http://{self.server_address[0]}:{self.server_address[1]}[/bold green]"
             )
             self.server = spawn_server(self.server_address, self.output_path)
         self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever)
         self._thread.start()
 
     def stop_server(self) -> None:
-        console.print("[bold red]Stopping server[/bold red]")
+        self.console.print("[bold red]Stopping server[/bold red]")
         self.server.shutdown()
         self._thread.join()
 
     def rebuild(self) -> None:
-        console.print("[bold purple]Reloading and Rebuilding site...[/bold purple]")
+        self.console.print("[bold purple]Reloading and Rebuilding site...[/bold purple]")
         site = get_site(self.import_path, self.site, reload=True)
+        if self.clean:
+            remove_output_folder(Path(site.output_path), console=self.console)
         try:
             site.render()
         except Exception:
-            console.print("[bold red]Failed to render site[/bold red]")
-            console.print(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.console.print("[bold red]Failed to render site[/bold red]")
+            self.console.print(traceback.format_exc())
             pass
 
     def stop_watcher(self) -> bool:
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ def watch(self) -> None:
         If a KeyboardInterrupt is raised, it stops the observer and server.
         """
 
-        console.print(f"[yellow]Serving {self.output_path}[/yellow]")
+        self.console.print(f"[yellow]Serving {self.output_path}[/yellow]")
         while not self.stop_watcher():
             try:
                 if self.dirs_to_watch:
@@ -144,5 +148,5 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback) -> None:
         """Stopping Context manager for the class"""
 
         self.stop_server()
-        console.print("[bold red]FIN![/bold red]")
+        self.console.print("[bold red]FIN![/bold red]")
         return None

src/render_engine_cli/utils.py

@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ def get_site_content_paths(site: Site) -> list[Path | str | None]:
     return list(filter(None, base_paths))
 
 
-def remove_output_folder(output_path: Path) -> None:
+def remove_output_folder(output_path: Path, console: Console = None) -> None:
     """Remove the output folder"""
 
+    if console:
+        console.print(f"[bold yellow]Removing exisiting rendered content from {str(output_path)}")
     # TODO: #778 Should we check for Operating System
     if output_path.exists():
         shutil.rmtree(output_path)