module.exports = {
  rootDir: __dirname,
  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['<rootDir>/test/unit.setup.js'],
  modulePathIgnorePatterns: ['.cache'],
  testMatch: ['/**/__tests__/**/*.[jt]s?(x)'],
};

@@ -177,11 +177,63 @@
 ?(x)'%5D,%0A
+  watchPathIgnorePatterns: %5B'%3CrootDir%3E/.*%5C%5C.json'%5D,%0A
 %7D;%0A

Make jest does not watch .json file in the --watch mode