How to watch for changes of static files?

[arichter83]

I have some static HTML files in /public - if I change a file, and reload the browser, the file is not updated. I need to restart the server or a bundle rebuild to get the new version.

I tried without success:

    devServer: {
      contentBase: ['./dist', './public'],
      watchContentBase: true,
      hot: true
    },