From ade0f466c29d7629e8bbe5d855e33be4b6875455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Amann <jan@amann.work>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:59:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Start watcher during a hot reload of `next.config.ts`

---
 .../src/plugin/createMessagesDeclaration.tsx          | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createMessagesDeclaration.tsx b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createMessagesDeclaration.tsx
index ee40aafd7..c273a2b13 100644
--- a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createMessagesDeclaration.tsx
+++ b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createMessagesDeclaration.tsx
@@ -24,19 +24,16 @@ export default function createMessagesDeclaration(messagesPath: string) {
     );
   }
 
-  const isDev = process.argv.includes('dev');
-  const isBuild = process.argv.includes('build');
-
-  if (!isDev && !isBuild) {
-    return;
-  }
+  // Keep this as a runtime check and don't replace
+  // this with a constant during the build process
+  const env = process.env['NODE_ENV'.trim()];
 
   // Next.js can call the Next.js config multiple
   // times - ensure we only run once.
   runOnce(() => {
     compileDeclaration(messagesPath);
 
-    if (isDev) {
+    if (env === 'development') {
       startWatching(messagesPath);
     }
   });