Adding file_template helper. Closes gruntjs#97.

puls · Apr 6, 2012 · 834bfc2 · 834bfc2
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diff --git a/tasks/misc.js b/tasks/misc.js
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     return grunt.helper('strip_banner', src, this.directive ? this.flags : opts);
   });
 
+  // Process a file as a template.
+  grunt.registerHelper('file_template', function(filepath) {
+    var src = grunt.file.read(filepath);
+    return grunt.template.process(src);
+  });
+
   // Generate banner from template.
   grunt.registerHelper('banner', function(prop) {
     if (!prop) { prop = 'meta.banner'; }

diff --git a/test/fixtures/template.txt b/test/fixtures/template.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Version: <%= grunt.version %>, today: <%= grunt.template.today("yyyy-mm-dd") %>.
diff --git a/test/tasks/misc_test.js b/test/tasks/misc_test.js
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ exports['file_strip_banner'] = function(test) {
   test.done();
 };
 
+exports['file_template'] = function(test) {
+  test.expect(2);
+  var expected = 'Version: ' + grunt.version + ', today: ' + grunt.template.today('yyyy-mm-dd') + '.';
+  test.equal(grunt.helper('file_template', 'test/fixtures/template.txt'), expected, 'It should return the parsed template.');
+  test.equal(grunt.task.directive('<file_template:test/fixtures/template.txt>'), expected, 'It should return the parsed template.');
+  test.done();
+};
+
 exports['banner'] = function(test) {
   test.expect(5);
   grunt.config('test_config', {a: 'aaaaa', b: 'bbbbb', c: [1, 2, 3], d: [{a: 1}, {a: 2}, {a: 3}]});