Adds grunt.config.merge function (and alias grunt.mergeConfig), allowing you to organize your configuration object by feature.
Starting in Grunt v0.4.5, they've merged this plugin into the root library!
This means that this plugin is now obsolete.
Please use the native grunt.config.merge
instead!
Unfortunately, though, they did not include the alias grunt.mergeConfig
.
In my opinion, mergeConfig
symbolizes that it's a replacement for initConfig
, and helps readability.
So, if you agree, you can simply add the following line of code to the top of your Gruntfile.js:
grunt.mergeConfig = grunt.config.merge;
Adds grunt.mergeConfig(...)
, which replaces grunt.initConfig(...)
,
and enables you to
organize your Gruntfile by feature,
rather than by task.
Gruntfile.js
module.exports = function(grunt) {
require('grunt-config-merge')(grunt);
// Default options:
grunt.mergeConfig({
concat: { options: { process: true } },
watch: { options: { atBegin: true, livereload: true } }
});
// JavaScripts:
grunt.registerTask('build-js', [ 'concat:JS', 'jshint' ]);
grunt.mergeConfig({
concat: { 'JS': { files: allJS } },
jshint: { 'JS': { files: allJS } },
watch: { 'JS': { files: allJS, tasks: [ 'build-js' ] } }
});
// CSS:
grunt.registerTask('build-css', [ 'concat:CSS' ]);
grunt.mergeConfig({
concat: { 'CSS': { files: allCSS } },
watch: { 'CSS': { files: allCSS, tasks: [ 'build-css' ] } }
});
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-concat');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
};
Gruntfile.js:
module.exports = function(grunt) {
require('grunt-config-merge')(grunt);
require('./build-defaults.js')(grunt);
require('./build-js.js')(grunt);
require('./build-css.js')(grunt);
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-concat');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
};
build-css.js:
module.exports = function(grunt) {
// CSS:
grunt.registerTask('build-css', [ 'concat:CSS' ]);
grunt.mergeConfig({
concat: { 'CSS': { files: allCSS } },
watch: { 'CSS': { files: allCSS, tasks: [ 'build-css' ] } }
});
};
build-js.js:
module.exports = function(grunt) {
// JavaScripts:
grunt.registerTask('build-js', [ 'concat:JS', 'jshint' ]);
grunt.mergeConfig({
concat: { 'JS': { files: allJS } },
jshint: { 'JS': { files: allJS } },
watch: { 'JS': { files: allJS, tasks: [ 'build-js' ] } }
});
};
Etc...
Download and install via Node Package Manager:
npm install --save-dev grunt-config-merge
Then add this line near the top of your Gruntfile:
require('grunt-config-merge')(grunt);
And go ahead and start using grunt.mergeConfig
instead of grunt.initConfig
!