gulp-helptext

pretty helptext for your gulp tasks

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import gulpHelptext from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/gulp-helptext';
</script>

README

gulp-helptext

Generates pretty help text for your gulpfile.

Usage

Supply an optional description object to specify pretty descriptions for tasks. Tasks will automatically print out their names and dependent tasks.

var helptext = require('gulp-helptext');

gulp.task('help', helptext({
  'default': 'Shows the help message',
  'help': 'This help message',
  'styles': 'Compiles stylus',
  'lint': 'Runs JSHint on your code',
  'server': 'Start the development server'
}));

Output looks like the following:

Registered tasks:

lint    - Runs JSHint on your code
styles  - Compiles stylus
build   - Runs lint, styles
connect
watch
server  - Start the development server
          Runs build, connect, watch
bump
help    - This help message
deploy
default - Shows the help message
          Runs help