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gulp-about

v1.1.0

Published

Gulp plugin for producing a json describing your application (name, version, buildDate, etc.)

Readme

gulp-about Build Status

Gulp plugin useful for generating information about your application build, such as name, version ...

Installation

Non-lazy people | Lazy people --------------- | ----------- npm install --save-dev gulp-about | npm i -D gulp-about

Usage

gulpfile.js

var about = require('gulp-about');
var gulp = require('gulp');

gulp.task('about', function () {
    return gulp.src('package.json')
        .pipe(about())
        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));  // writes dist/about.json
});

The above task will produce the file about.json in the folder dist. By default, only the name and the version of the application are written.

Options

Pass options to gulp-about:

gulp.task('about', function () {
    return gulp.src('package.json')
        .pipe(about({
            keys: ['name', 'version', 'author'],   // properties to pick from the source
            inject: {                              // custom properties to inject
                buildDate: Date.now()
            }
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
});

keys

Type: String | String[] Default: ['name', 'version']

The properties to keep from the source file.

fileName

Type: String Default: about.json

The name of the destination file.

indent

Type: Number Default: 2

The number of spaces used for indentation in the destination file.

inject

Type: Object Default: {}

Object of properties to inject in the output. Useful to extend the output with properties not in the source file.

License

gulp-about is Copyright (c) 2015 Michael P. Bazos and licensed under the MIT license. All rights not explicitly granted in the MIT license are reserved. See the included LICENSE file for more details.