gulp-autoload-tasks

Auto loads tasks for large modular projects, including configuration object and reducing code (imports) duplication Loading code inspired by generator-gulp-angular 's gulpefile.js

Installation

$ npm install --save-dev gulp-autoload-tasks

Usage

gulpfile.js:

var gulp = require('gulp');
var plugins = require('gulp-load-plugins')(gulp);

var config = {
    src: 'src',
    tmp: '.tmp',
    dist: 'dist'
}

require('gulp-autoload-tasks')(gulp, plugins, config);

gulp.task('default', ['copy']);

gulp_tasks/copy.js:

module.exports = function (gulp, plugins, config) {

gulp.task('copy', function () {
    return gulp
      .src( config.src + 'index.html' )
      .pipe( gulp.dest( config.dist ) );
})

Different Directory

gulpfile.js:

var differentDir = 'gulp_awesome_tasks'; // Default: 'gulp_tasks'

require('gulp-autoload-tasks')(gulp, plugins, config, differentDir);

API

var autoLoadTasks = require('gulp-autoload-tasks');

autoLoadTasks(gulp, plugins, config, gulpTasksDir)

Loads every file in the gulpTasksDir (gulp_tasks by default) with the following params - gulp, plugins, config. So that your module declaration looks like

gulpfile.js:

var autoLoadTasks = require('gulp-autoload-tasks');

autoLoadTasks(gulp, plugins, config, gulpTaskDir);

some_gulp_task.js:

module.exports = function (gulp, plugins, config) {
    /* code goes here */
}

gulp

Type: Object
The imported gulp module

plugins

Type: Object
Usually created by gulp-load-plugins

config

Type: Object

Configuration object. Can contain folder names and paths, generic error handler and all of the repeating variables you might have in your gulp workflow.

gulpTasksDir

Type: String
Default: gulp_tasks

The directory containing the gulp task files. Each file has the name of the task it holds - clean.js, build.js, etc...

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Shai Reznik

Licensed under the MIT License.