base-fs-tree

Base plugin for creating file trees using archy. Requires the base-fs plugin, but can also be used as a gulp plugin.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save base-fs-tree

Usage

var tree = require('base-fs-tree');

gulp plugin example

The following examples will work with base-fs, gulp, verb, assemble, generate, update or any other application that supports vinyl streams.

var tree = require('base-fs-tree');
var gulp = require('gulp');

gulp.task('default', function(cb) {
  return gulp.src('some-files/**/*.*')
    .pipe(tree.create())
    .pipe(gulp.dest('trees'))
});

Get files before they're modified

If you want to create a tree from the original unmodified source file paths, use .capture() first thing in the stream:

var tree = require('base-fs-tree');
var gulp = require('gulp');

gulp.task('default', function(cb) {
  return gulp.src('some-files/**/*.*')
    .pipe(tree.capture()) //<= capture files

    // gulp plugin pipeline
    .pipe(otherPlugins())
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist')) 

    .pipe(tree.create()) //<= create tree
    .pipe(gulp.dest('trees'))
});

Command line tips

You can conditionally generate trees using a command line flag, like --tree.

var tree = require('base-fs-tree');
var gulp = require('gulp');
var argv = require('yargs-parser')(process.argv.slice(2), {
  default: {tree: false}
});

gulp.task('default', function(cb) {
  return gulp.src('some-files/**/*.*')
    .pipe(tree.create(argv))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('trees'))
});

base plugin example

This can also be used as a non-pipeline plugin with base applications. It works by adding .preWrite middleware and a taskEnd listener, so that anytime taskEnd is emitted, a tree will be automatically generates.

This can be useful when you want to automatically generate trees for all tasks in a generate generator, for example.

var tree = require('base-fs-tree');
var vfs = require('base-fs');
var Base = require('base');
var base = new Base();
base.use(vfs());
base.use(tree());

app.task('default', function(cb) {
  app.src('some-files/**/*.*')
    .pipe(app.dest('trees'))
    .on('end', function() {
      // emit `taskEnd` with the name of the task
      app.emit('taskEnd', 'default');
      cb();
    });
});

About

Related projects

• base-fs-conflicts: Detect potential file system conflicts and if necessary prompt the user before overwriting files. | homepage
• base-fs: base-methods plugin that adds vinyl-fs methods to your 'base' application for working with the file… more | homepage
• base-task: base plugin that provides a very thin wrapper around https://github.com/doowb/composer for adding task methods to… more | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

(This document was generated by verb-generate-readme (a verb generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in .verb.md.)

To generate the readme and API documentation with verb:

$ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

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