newtab

Grunt tasks

• grunt version
  • gets the current version of the plugin
• grunt clean
  • cleans up the working directory by deleting files like newtab.xpi
• grunt clean:remote
  • deletes all newtab related files from the remote server
• grunt run:arg0:arg1:…:argn
  • runs the the mozilla sdk cfx run command with all of the arguments specified
  • examples: grunt run or grunt run:--force-mobile
• grunt xpi:arg0:arg1:…:argn
  • runs the the mozilla sdk cfx xpi command with all of the arguments specified and puts the xpi in the project's main directory
  • example: grunt xpi:--strip-sdk:--force-mobile
• grunt push
  • pushs just prototype to the mozilla people server (does not push the .xpi)
• grunt release
  • this will generate the xpi file and upload it to the remote server, call grunt push, and push to the central git repo
  • this will not make a git tag or update the package.json version numbers
• grunt release:major
  • this will increment the version number to the next whole number, make a git tag, update the package.json version numbers, generate the xpi file and upload it to the remote server, call grunt push, and push all code to the central git repo
  • for instance: 1 → 2, 1.5 → 2
• grunt release:minor
  • this will bump up the version number to the next 1/100 , make a git tag, update the package.json version numbers, generate the xpi file and upload it to the remote server, call grunt push, and push all code to the central git repo
  • for instance: 1 → 1.01, 1.61 → 1.62, 1.5 → 1.51 1.99 → 2
• grunt release:x
  • this will set the version number to x , make a git tag, update the package.json version numbers, generate the xpi file and upload it to the remote server, call grunt push, and push all code to the central git repo
  • example: grunt release:2.3

grunt-settings.json

This contains all of your settings for running and deploying the addon.
The expected format is as follows:

{
	"host": "example.com",
	"username": "jsmith",
	"path": "/home/jsmith/public_html/newtab/",
	"privateKey": "../secrets/id_rsa",
	"passphrase": "hunter2",
	"base_url": "http://example.com/~jsmith/newtab",
	"binary": "/Applications/FirefoxuUX.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin"
}

"binary" is firefox binary to run the addon with and is not required.