README

grunt-dependency-installer

A Grunt plugin for installing dependancies to node modules stored in the plugins directory

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

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-dependency-installer --save-dev

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

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-dependency-installer');

The "dependency_installer" task

Overview

This plugin runs an npm install for your node modules that aren't being managed by npm.

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

grunt.initConfig({
  dependency_installer: {
    options: {
      pluginDir: 'plugins',
      npmArgs: '--cache ./.npm-cache'
    }
  },
})

Options

options.pluginDir

Type: String Default value: 'plugins'

Relative path to your private plugins.

options.npmArgs

Type: String Default value: ''

Additional arguments to pass to npm install

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.

Usage no npm install needed!