title: How to update .json file without rebuilding in angular cli?
body: <p>I'm using angular cli to build a website which contains multiple languages. I use ng2-translate for the translations.</p>
  
  <p>I import a languages.json file defined in angular-cli.json:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"assets": [
      "assets",
      "fonts",
      "languages.json"
    ],
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In my controller, I retrieve the data using require:</p>
  
  <pre><code>this.languages = require('../../../../languages.json');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Loading the json file works. After deploying, I tried to change (add or remove) some languages in the languages.json, but the changes does not get shown in the website even though the json file is updated in dist. The only way I could update the website is by changing the original json file, making another build of the app and deploy again. Is there a way to make a change in the website by only updating the json file in dist?</p>
  
  <p>For clarification, languages.json contains an array of language codes, which defines the languages shown in the language selector of the website. I hoped to use this config to change the languages shown in the website without rebuilding the app.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my package.json :</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
  "name": "myApp",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "license": "MIT",
  "scripts": {
    "ng": "ng",
    "start": "ng serve",
    "dev": "ng serve --environment=dev",
    "acc": "ng serve --environment=acc",
    "prod": "ng serve --environment=prod",
    "build:dev": "ng build --environment=dev",
    "build:acc": "ng build --environment=acc",
    "build:prod": "ng build --environment=prod",
    "build": "ng build",
    "test": "ng test",
    "lint": "ng lint",
    "e2e": "ng e2e"
  },
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "^4.0.2",
    "@angular/common": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/compiler": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/core": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/forms": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/http": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-server": "^4.0.0",
    "@angular/router": "^4.0.0",
    "angular2-localstorage": "git+https://github.com/zoomsphere/angular2-localstorage.git#master",
    "core-js": "^2.4.1",
    "foundation-sites": "^6.3.1",
    "ng2-translate": "^5.0.0",
    "rxjs": "^5.1.0",
    "zone.js": "^0.8.5"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular/cli": "1.0.0",
    "@types/jasmine": "2.5.46",
    "@types/node": "~7.0.12",
    "codelyzer": "~3.0.0-beta.4",
    "jasmine-core": "~2.5.2",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~3.2.0",
    "karma": "~1.5.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.0.0",
    "karma-cli": "~1.0.1",
    "karma-jasmine": "~1.1.0",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
    "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "^1.0.0",
    "protractor": "~5.1.0",
    "ts-node": "~3.0.2",
    "tslint": "~4.5.1",
    "typescript": "^2.2.2"
  }
  </code></pre>