Autoexec(.bat)

No, of course not autoexec.bat, but a small app, that helps you, as developer, to automatically execute commands on file change.

Why one more app?

Yeah, there are some apps, that doing nearly the same, but... only nearly. With every app, I had problems, missing features, much too complicated, etc.. So I started to write my own one. Here it is.

How to use?

Easy! Just install autoexec global: npm install -g autoexec

or local: npm install autoexec

create your config (see below)

and run: autoexec

CLI options:

Usage: autoexec [options]

Options:
   -c, --config    JSON config file  [autoexec.json]
   -p, --path      working directory  [.]
   -v, --version   print version and exit

Config:

Sample config:

{
    "config": [
        {
            "name": "Templates",
            "path": [
                "templates"
            ],
            "files": [
                "**/*.tpl"
            ],
            "exec": "make templates",
            "blocking": true
        },
        {
            "name": "JavaScript",
            "path": [
                "src",
                "foo/bar/"
            ],
            "files": "**/*.js",
            "exec": "make js",
            "blocking": true
        },
        {
            "name": "Images / CSS",
            "path": [
                "css",
                "images"
            ],
            "files": [
                "**/*.scss",
                "**/*.png",
                "**/*.jpg",
                "**/*.gif"
            ],
            "exec": "make images css"
        }
    ]
}

Every array element of "config" has the following possible options:

• name: This name is displayed in the log and in the notify
• path: String or array of strings of the directories to be watched, based on the working directory
• files: String or array of strings which files should be watches, syntax see anymatch
• ignored (optional): String or array of strings which files should be watches, syntax see anymatch
• exec: Command to execute
• blocking (optional): default is false. If the value is true autoexec will only run one of the blocking entries at the same time. E.g. in the above example, if templates is running, javascript wait until templates is done.