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anvil.zip

v0.0.1

Published

Plugin to package your anvil.js project into a ZIP file on build

Readme

Anvil ZIP Plugin

This plugin requires anvil.js version 0.8.* or greater.

Installation

Ensure that you've installed anvil.js

	anvil install anvil.zip

Usage

After you have installed the plugin you first need to reference the plugin inside the dependencies key of your build.json.

{
	"source": "src",
	"spec": "spec",
	"output": [ "build" ],
	"dependencies" : [ "anvil.zip" ],
	"anvil.zip": {
		// Required settings here...
	}
}

The plugin is configured to not zip up your package by default. You must enable the plugin to output a zip file.

Settings

Zip your output folder by default

This plugin's default behavior is not to zip your file on each run of Anvil. If you would like to zip your plugin by default, simply add the runByDefault configuration option to your build.json file.

{
	"source": "src",
	"spec": "spec",
	"output": [ "build" ],
	"dependencies" : [ "anvil.zip" ],
	"anvil.zip": {
		"runByDefault": true
	}
}

Set the Output Folder

This plugin is configured to place the zip files into a build folder by default. You can configure where you'd like the default folder to be whatever you'd like. Just specify the folder via a configuration option in your build.json file.

{
	"source": "src",
	"spec": "spec",
	"output": [ "build" ],
	"dependencies" : [ "anvil.zip" ],
	"anvil.zip": {
		"buildDir": "zips"
	}
}

Specify the file name prefix

The zip files have the date and time of the build appended to them, but you can specify a custom file prefix. To do this, set the file prefix in the build options to whatever you'd like.

{
	"source": "src",
	"spec": "spec",
	"output": [ "build" ],
	"dependencies" : [ "anvil.zip" ],
	"anvil.zip": {
		"filePrefix": "my-file-prefix-"
	}
}

Uninstallation

	anvil uninstall anvil.zip

TODOS

  • Provide the option to specify the filename via a callback
  • Add tests
  • Add other archive formats