0.1.0 • Published 10 years ago
cha-watch v0.1.0
cha-watch
Watch extension for cha.
How to run watch task?
var cha = require('cha')
var tasks = require('./tasks')
// Require watch extension.
cha.watch = require('cha-watch')
cha.in('read', tasks.read)
.in('cat', tasks.cat)
.in('coffee', tasks.coffee)
.in('write', tasks.write)
.in('uglifyjs',tasks.uglifyjs)
// Start watcher.
cha.watch('./fixtures/coffee/*.coffee', {
cwd: __dirname,
immediately: true
}, function(filepath, event, watched){
cha().read(watched)
.coffee()
.cat()
.uglifyjs()
.write('./out/foobar3.js')
})
To run the command we prepend our script name with run:
$ npm run watch
> cha@0.0.1 watch
> node ./test/watch
read /test/fixtures/coffee/bar.coffee
read /test/fixtures/coffee/foo.coffee
concat /test/fixtures/coffee/bar.coffee,/test/fixtures/coffee/foo.coffee
write ./out/foobar3.js
API
cha.watch(patterns, options, callback)
patterns
Defines what file patterns will watch. Can be a string or an array of files and/or minimatch patterns.
options
- cwd {string} Set the current working directory, default is
process.cwd()
. - immediately {boolean} Trigger the callback at startup of the watcher.
- interval {integer} Interval to pass to fs.watchFile.
- debounceDelay {integer} Delay for events called in succession for the same file/event.
callback(filepath, event, watched)
Trigger the callback when an added, changed or deleted event occurs.
- filepath - The path of the file that added, changed or deleted.
- event
- added - When a file has been added to a watch directory.
- changed - When a file has been changed.
- deleted - When a file has been deleted.
- watched - The currently watched files.
0.1.0
10 years ago