base-watch

Watch plugin for base applications.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install base-watch --save

Heads up this plugin requires the [base-tasks][] plugin to be registered first.

Usage

var watch = require('base-watch');

var Base = require('base');
var base = new Base();

base.use(watch());

If you're using assemble or assemble-core you can add the plugin like this:

assemble

var watch = require('base-watch');

var assemble = require('assemble');
var app = assemble();

app.use(watch());

assemble-core

var watch = require('base-watch');

var assemble = require('assemble-core');
var app = assemble();

app.use(watch());

API

If no task(s) or function is specified, only the instance of FSWatcher is returned and can be used directly. See chokidar.watch for more information.

• returns {Function}: Returns the plugin function to be used in a [base][] application.

Example

app.use(watch());

watch

Watch a file, directory, or glob pattern for changes and build a task or list of tasks when changes are made. Watch is powered by [chokidar][] so arguments can be anything supported by chokidar.watch.

Params

• glob {String|Array}: Filename, Directory name, or glob pattern to watch
• options {Object}: Additional options to be passed to [chokidar][]
• tasks {String|Array|Function}: Tasks that are passed to .build when files in the glob are changed.
• returns {Object}: Returns an instance of FSWatcher from [chokidar][]

Example

var watcher = app.watch('templates/pages/*.hbs', ['site']);

Related projects

• base: base is the foundation for creating modular, unit testable and highly pluggable node.js applications, starting… more | homepage
• base-generators: Adds project-generator support to your base application. | homepage
• base-tasks: base-methods plugin that provides a very thin wrapper around https://github.com/jonschlinkert/composer for adding task methods to… more | homepage
• chokidar: A neat wrapper around node.js fs.watch / fs.watchFile / fsevents. | homepage
• composer: API-first task runner with three methods: task, run and watch. | homepage

Contributing

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

Building docs

Generate readme and API documentation with [verb][]:

$ npm install verb && npm run docs

Or, if [verb][] is installed globally:

$ verb

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Brian Woodward

• github/doowb
• twitter/doowb

License

verb © 2016, Brian Woodward. Released under the MIT license.

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