Full page reload instead of HMR when file that was referenced before is renamed or deleted after being dereferenced

[dariocravero]

Describe the bug

What I'm doing:

• If I rename or delete a file and another file imported it in the past, Vite does a full reload even if the file isn't referenced anymore.

What I expect is:

• That Vite ignores the change since the file isn't referenced from anywhere.

What actually happens is:

• Vite does a full page reload.

Reproduction

https:/dariocravero/vite-page-reload-issue

Steps to reproduce

The repo provided is a new vite project created from npm create vite@latest with a new src/Test.js exporting a function which is imported in src/App.jsx.

Steps:

• comment out import Test from './Test.js'; in App.jsx
• rename Test.js to Test2.js: the vite app will reload
• reload the site and rename Test2.js to Test.js: the vite app ignores the change
• uncomment import Test from './Test.js'; in App.jsx
• rename Test.js to Test2.js: the vite app will reload

System Info

System:
    OS: macOS 13.0
    CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Memory: 17.17 GB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.14.2 - ~/n/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.4 - ~/.yarn/bin/yarn
    npm: 8.5.5 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 2022.08.15.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Browsers:
    Brave Browser: 107.1.45.113
    Firefox: 103.0.2
    Safari: 16.1
  npmPackages:
    @vitejs/plugin-react: ^2.2.0 => 2.2.0 
    vite: ^3.2.0 => 3.2.1

Used Package Manager

npm

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rename Test.js to Test2.js

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[patak-dev]

@dariocravero is this something you can reproduce without React? Let us know, if it is React only we'll move the issue to the new vite-plugin-react repository

[bluwy]

This should be fixed in #14315