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gulp-concat-util

Gulp task to concat, prepend, append or transform files.

This implementation is relatively closes to the original gulp-concat plugin.

However this plugin provides .header(), .footer() & .scripts() helpers, and provides a passthrough option used in complex build worflow.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Gulp ^3.0.0

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

npm install gulp-concat-util --save-dev

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

var concat = require('gulp-concat-util');

Usage

var concat = require('gulp-concat-util');

gulp.task('concat:dist', function() {
  gulp.src('scripts/{,*/}*.js')
    .pipe(concat('combined.js'))
    .pipe(concat.header('// file: <%= file.path %>\n'))
    .pipe(concat.footer('\n// end\n'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
});

Advanced usage example, replacing any 'use strict;' statement found in the files with a single one at the top of the file

var concat = require('gulp-concat-util');

gulp.task('concat:dist', function() {
  gulp.src('scripts/{,*/}*.js')
    .pipe(concat(pkg.name + '.js', {process: function(src, filePath) { 
      // if you need the filename, example `myFileJs.js`, path.basename( filePath, '.js' )
      return (src.trim() + '\n').replace(/(^|\n)[ \t]*('use strict'|"use strict");?\s*/g, '$1'); 
    }}))
    .pipe(concat.header('(function(window, document, undefined) {\n\'use strict\';\n'))
    .pipe(concat.footer('\n})(window, document);\n'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
});

Alternatively, you can use the bundled helper to concatenate scripts

var concat = require('gulp-concat-util');

gulp.task('concat:dist', function() {
  gulp.src('scripts/{,*/}*.js')
    .pipe(concat.scripts(pkg.name + '.js'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
});

Options

sep (String)

Separator to use between concatenated files.
Default: require('os').EOL
Alias: newLine

passthrough (Boolean)

Boolean - Whether initial files should pass through
Default: false

process (Boolean/Function)

Boolean - Whether a file should be processed or skipped.
Function - Process source files using the given function, called once for each file. The returned value will be used as source code.
Default: true

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality.

Authors

Olivier Louvignes

Copyright and license

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2014 Olivier Louvignes

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