grunt-setmymode

finds all files and directories under a given directory, and sets their permissions if owned by executing user

Why?

I work with several teammates on a shared development web server. As we deploy our code, it is important that we can write to directories others have created and can overwrite files that the others may have installed. The "mode" option of grunt-contrib-copy is insufficient for two main reasons:

1. files and directories typically need different modes (see enhancement #152)
2. a chmod is attempted regardless of need. This fails on files that the current user doesn't own.

This plugin addresses both issues. It allows you to specify a mode each for files and directories, and will only chmod on files the current user owns (the "my" in the plugin name), and only when the mode isn't already at the given setting.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.4

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-setmymode --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-setmymode');

The "setmymode" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named setmymode to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  setmymode: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

options.directory

Type: String Default value: none

All files and directories under, and including, directory will have the appropriate mode applied.

options.files

Type: Array Default value: none

Additional, individual files to which the given mode will be applied.

options.modeDirs

Type: String Default value: 2771

the octal mode setting for directories

options.modeDirs

Type: String Default value: 0664

the octal mode setting for files

Usage Examples

Default Options

In this example, the default options are used to set permissions on the /var/www/myclient web server directory.

grunt.initConfig({
  setmymode: {
    options: {
      directory: "/var/www/myclient"
    },
    main: {}
  },
});

Custom Options

In this example, custom options are used to set permissions on the /var/www/myclient web server directory without the setgid bit.

grunt.initConfig({
  setmymode: {
    options: {
      directory: "/var/www/myclient"
    },
    main: {
      modeDirs: "0771"
    }
  },
});

Additional Files

In this example, custom options are used to set permissions on the /var/www/myclient web server directory without the setgid bit.

grunt.initConfig({
  setmymode: {
    options: {
      directory: "/var/www/myclient"
    },
    main: {
      modeDirs: "0771"
      files: [ "/var/www/favicon.ico" ]
    }
  },
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

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