document known WebStorm file-watching issue

gaearon · Jan 26, 2017 · 7f67a52 · 7f67a52
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 This boilerplate is purposefully simple to show the minimal configuration for React Hot Loader. For a real project, you'll want to add a separate config for production with hot reloading disabled and minification enabled. You'll also want to add a router, styles and maybe combine dev server with an existing server. This is out of scope of this boilerplate, but you may want to look into [other starter kits](https://github.com/gaearon/react-hot-loader/blob/master/docs/README.md#starter-kits).
 
+### WebStorm
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+Because the WebStorm IDE uses "safe writes" by default, Webpack's file-watcher won't recognize file changes, so hot-loading won't work. To fix this, disable "safe write" in WebStorm.
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 ### Dependencies
 
 * React