From 779bda3937255ead2e53f608ec3850a607afb0f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Onur Ravli <onur@onurravli.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 22:37:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] src: add -w option as an alias to --watch option

Add an alias to the --watch option.
---
 src/node_options.cc | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index 7b5152172c5ce7..0fadac34c44d4a 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
             "run in watch mode",
             &EnvironmentOptions::watch_mode,
             kAllowedInEnvvar);
+  AddAlias("-w", "--watch");
   AddOption("--watch-path",
             "path to watch",
             &EnvironmentOptions::watch_mode_paths,

From b2d7610d10b98a85a191344497c925ed1a5926f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Onur Ravli <onur@onurravli.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 22:52:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] doc: add -w option to cli docs

Update cli.md to add -w alias to --watch.
---
 doc/api/cli.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 4043597b4fbafd..1a1ca3cb7daf13 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ added: v0.1.3
 
 Print node's version.
 
-### `--watch`
+### `-w`, `--watch`
 
 <!-- YAML
 added:

From 55c00033e7acc9d23aa9cb5564939f312e31e4ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Onur Ravli <onur@onurravli.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 21:08:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] docs: update cli.md to add changes

---
 doc/api/cli.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 1a1ca3cb7daf13..9fb0d21555030c 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -2298,6 +2298,10 @@ changes:
       - v18.13.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/45214
     description: Test runner now supports running in watch mode.
+  - version:
+      - REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51696
+    description: With this pull request, node -w also will be activate watch mode alongside node --watch.
 -->
 
 > Stability: 1 - Experimental

From 4a02d315c2dcb7e27e31e1e46b4356c960330e74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Onur Ravli <onur@onurravli.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 21:21:54 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] docs: add -w option to allowed options

---
 doc/api/cli.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 9fb0d21555030c..02daeb8e72ff64 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -2597,7 +2597,7 @@ Node.js options that are allowed are:
 * `--v8-pool-size`
 * `--watch-path`
 * `--watch-preserve-output`
-* `--watch`
+* `--watch`, `-w`
 * `--zero-fill-buffers`
 
 <!-- node-options-node end -->