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+"""
+Watch for changes in the static site and build them
+"""
+
+import click
+import time  
+from watchdog.observers import Observer  
+from watchdog.events import PatternMatchingEventHandler
+
+import app.settings.app_cfg as cfg
+from app.site.builder import build_site, build_file
+
+class SiteBuilder(PatternMatchingEventHandler):
+  """
+  Handler for filesystem changes to the content path
+  """
+  patterns = ["*.md"]
+
+  def on_modified(self, event):
+    print(event.src_path, event.event_type)
+    build_file(event.src_path)
+
+  def on_created(self, event):
+    print(event.src_path, event.event_type)
+    build_file(event.src_path)
+
+@click.command()
+@click.pass_context
+def cli(ctx):
+  """
+  Run the observer and start watching for changes
+  """
+  print("{} is now being watched for changes.".format(cfg.DIR_SITE_CONTENT))
+  observer = Observer()
+  observer.schedule(SiteBuilder(), path=cfg.DIR_SITE_CONTENT, recursive=True)
+  observer.start()
+
+  try:
+    while True:
+      time.sleep(1)
+  except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    observer.stop()
+
+  observer.join()