gulp-header

gulp-header is a Gulp extension to add a header to file(s) in the pipeline. Gulp is a streaming build system utilizing node.js.

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

Usage

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

gulp.src('./foo/*.js')
  .pipe(header('Hello'))
  .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/')

gulp.src('./foo/*.js')
  .pipe(header('Hello <%= name %>\n', { name : 'World'} ))
  .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/')

gulp.src('./foo/*.js')
  .pipe(header('Hello ${name}\n', { name : 'World'} ))
  .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/')

gulp.src('./foo/*.js')
  .pipe(header(function(file) {
    return 'Hello ' + file.path;
  })
  .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/')


//


var pkg = require('./package.json');
var banner = ['/**',
  ' * <%= pkg.name %> - <%= pkg.description %>',
  ' * @version v<%= pkg.version %>',
  ' * @link <%= pkg.homepage %>',
  ' * @license <%= pkg.license %>',
  ' */',
  ''].join('\n');

gulp.src('./foo/*.js')
  .pipe(header(banner, { pkg : pkg } ))
  .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/')
  

//


var fs = require('fs');

gulp.src('./foo/*.js')
  .pipe(header(fs.readFileSync('header.txt', 'utf8'), { pkg : pkg } ))
  .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/')

API

header(text, data)

text

Type: String
Default: ''

The template text.

data

Type: Object
Default: {}

The data object used to populate the text.

header(headerCb)

headerCb

Type: Function
Default: undefined

The function that will return the header text. It receives one argument: the file object.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 GoDaddy.com

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