gulp-shrt

Make gulp syntax shrter.

Why?

You might sometimes want to quickly set up your tasks without using any generators.

Considering you want to use gulp-sass on a style.scss file:

var gulp = require("gulp")
var sass = require("gulp-sass")
var del = require("del")

gulp.task("sass", ["clean"], function () {
	return gulp.src("file.scss")
		.pipe(sass())
		.pipe(gulp.dest("."))
})

gulp.task("clean", function () {
	del("*.css")
})

Then make it shrter:

var task = require("gulp-shrt").task
var del = require("del")

task("sass{clean}", "file.scss", "sass", ".")

task("clean", function () {
	del("*.css")
})

Disclaimer: using gulp-shrt will slow down a little your gulp tasks' execution.

Get the module

$ npm install --save gulp-shrt

Don't forget that you need a package.json (initializable using npm init) file at the root of your project so then you can install gulp-shrt.

How to use it?

You can either consult examples (available in /examples) or read the following API.

API

shrt(from, cmds[, to])

Create a gulp stream starting with gulp.src(from), then pipe()'ing each command from cmds and -- if given -- ends with gulp.dest(to).

Parameters

String | Array -- from : pattern(s) matching file(s).
Examples: "*.js", ["lib/**/*.*", "*.css"]

String | Object | Array -- cmds:

• String: "command" (without brackets) refers to the "gulp-command" module and will call its constructor without arguments.
  Examples: "sass" will execute .pipe(require("gulp-sass")()).
• Object:
  • not using module method: {moduleName: args || [arg1,arg2,...]}:

    {sass: {outputStyle: "compact"}}
          
    // will execute
          
    .pipe(require("gulp-sass")(
    	{outputStyle: "compact"}
    ))

    {module: [3, {foo: "bar"}]}
          
    // will execute
          
    .pipe(require("gulp-module")(
    	3, 
        {foo: "bar"}
    ))

  • using module method: {pipe: [moduleInstance.method, args]}:

    var sourcemaps = require("gulp-sourcemaps")
          
    // later
          
    {pipe: [sourcemaps.init]} // or {pipe: [sourcemaps.init, []}
          
    // will execute
          
    .pipe(sourcemaps.init())

• Array: [..., ..., ...] will evaluate each command either as a String or as an Object.

String -- to (optional): destination for stream output (using .pipe(gulp.dest(to))).
Examples: '.', "build/css"

Example

shrt("f.js", "uglify", "build/js")
shrt("*.babel.js", [
	{babel: {presets: ["es2015"]}},
    "uglify"
], "build/js")

shrt.task(name, from, [cmds[, to]])

Call gulp.task() named name using mentionned dependencies, then call shrt(from, cmds, to).

Parameters

String -- name: Task name, eventually followed by task dependencies.
Examples: "hello", "hello{clean}", "hello{clean, check}"

String | Array | Function -- from: pattern(s) matching file(s) or the function to execute (as with a gulp.task("name", function () {}).
If from is a function, cmds and to are unecessary (they will be ignored).
Examples: "*.js", ["lib/**/*.*", "*.css"], function () { ... }

cmds, to: Please, refer to short's cmds, and to arguments.

Example

shrt.task("hello{clean}", "file.scss", "sass", "build")
shrt.task("world", function () { ... })
shrt.task("42", ["t.js", "lib/o.js"], ["babel", "uglify"], ".")

shrt.watch(src, tasks), shrt.watch([ [src, tasks], ... ]

Call gulp.watch() for each watching array using src as glob, and tasks as tasks to call.

Parameters

String | Array -- src: pattern(s) matching file(s).
Examples: "*.js", ["lib/**/*.*", "*.css"]

String | Array -- tasks: task(s) to execute (follows array order).
Examples: "clean", ["clean", "check"]

Example

shrt.watch("*.js", "build")
shrt.watch(["*.scss", "tmp/*.scss"], ["clean", "sass"])

License

MIT © eveningkid