Gulp Watch Fails with "Error: watch ... ENOSPC"

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gulp watch fails with error: Error: watch ... ENOSPC

Stacktrace:

[13:58:28] Starting 'watch'...
[13:58:28] 'watch' errored after 22 ms
[13:58:28] Error: watch /.../resources/assets/images/ ENOSPC
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1023:11)
    at FSWatcher.start (fs.js:1306:19)
    at Object.fs.watch (fs.js:1331:11)
    at Gaze._watchDir (/.../node_modules/gaze/lib/gaze.js:289:30)
    at /.../node_modules/gaze/lib/gaze.js:358:10
    at iterate (/.../node_modules/gaze/lib/helper.js:52:5)
    at Object.forEachSeries (/.../node_modules/gaze/lib/helper.js:66:3)
    at Gaze._initWatched (/.../node_modules/gaze/lib/gaze.js:354:10)
    at Gaze.add (/.../node_modules/gaze/lib/gaze.js:177:8)
    at new Gaze (/.../node_modules/gaze/lib/gaze.js:74:10)

Fix:

Put a "large" max watches a user can create.

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p