gulp-adhoc

Information

gulp-adhoc is designed to allow easy composition of sequential and parallel tasks via the command line.

NOTE: This module depends on run-sequence, which is a temporary solution while the new task system is in development. gulp-adhoc will either adapt to the new order (if useful), or be retired.

Usage

Just require gulp-adhoc at the top of your gulpfile, passing it your gulp instance.

gulpfile.js

var gulp  = require('gulp');
var gutil = require('gulp-util');
var runs  = require('run-sequence');

require('gulp-adhoc')(gulp, gutil.env);

CLI

# Simple sequence
gulp clean,build,test,deploy

# Sequence with parallel sections
gulp clean,[coffee,less,jade],[min-css,min-js,min-img],inject

BONUS!

If you find yourself using the same ad hoc commands repeatedly, you can promote them to tasks like this...

gulpfile.js

var gulp  = require('gulp');
var gutil = require('gulp-util');
var runs  = require('run-sequence');

gulp.task('do-the-thing', function(done) {
  runs(
    'clean',
    ['coffee','less','jade'],
    ['min-css','min-js','min-img'],
    'inject',
    done);
});