grunt-git-subrepos v0.1.1

grunt-git-subrepos

Clone and update a list of git repositories.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt >=0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-git-subrepos --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-git-subrepos');

The "subrepos" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named subrepos to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  subrepos: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

options.force

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Set this option to force the task not to exit on changes at a repository. It only prints an error message.

Src

Type: String

The directories to put the repositories in.

Repo

name

Type: String

The directory name of the repository.

url

Type: String

The repository url.

branch

Type: String Default value: remote repository’s HEAD (e.g. master)

The repository branch.

Usage Examples

subrepos: {
    options: {
        force: true,
    },
    example: {
        src: 'components',
        repos: [
            {
                name: 'spoon',
                url: 'git@github.com:octocat/Spoon-Knife.git',
                branch: 'test-branch', // optional
            },
            {
                name: 'Hello-World',
                url: 'git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git',
            }
        ],
    },
}

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

Github releases