Clean public/ folder before build

[alienlebarge]

When you you change patterns name and rebuild the public/ folder, the old files and folders still present.

Is it possible to clean public/ folder before build ?

Now I do that with Grunt.

...

    // Clean folder
    clean: {
      // Clean patternlab public/ folder
      pl: [
      'patternlab-php/public/assets',
      'patternlab-php/public/css',
      'patternlab-php/public/fonts',
      'patternlab-php/public/images',
      'patternlab-php/public/js'
      ],
      // Clean main build
      dist: {
        options: {
          force: true
        },
        src:['<%= dest %>/**/*']
      }
    },




    recess: {
      pl: {
        options: {
          compile: true,
          compress: true,
        },
        files: {
          'patternlab-php/source/css/style.css': ['patternlab-php/source/less/style.less']
        }
      }
    },





    // Compile pattern-lab files
    shell: {                                // Task
      // Run patternlab build
      pl: {                      // Target
          options: {                      // Options
            stdout: true
          },
          command: 'php patternlab-php/builder/builder.php -g'
        }
      },

...

[dmolsen]

Good idea. I might only add it as a flag but the feature idea will definitely make its way into PL. It'll be added with the next release. Unfortunately, I'm not sure on a timeline for that yet. Shouldn't be too far away.

[dmolsen]

Generating the site will now clean public/ first. Should reduce cruft. This feature is currently in dev branch. Thanks for the idea.