How to set node command line option

[BroHammie]

I need to set the "--max-old-space-size" command line option for node when running a node task. I haven't found anything to set options for node only to set arguments for the node task being ran. Also, I don't think that "--max-old-space-size" is a node environment variable.

[whboyd]

I second this. The plugin places all args after the script, but according to the documentation the node cl requires 'options' such as --max-old-space-size (as opposed to 'arguments') to go before the script. Thus, with NodeTask it is impossible to use these options.

I did find a workaround, though, for anyone who might need it in the meantime:

import com.moowork.gradle.node.NodeExtension
/* This task configures the nodeRun task, setting its command line before it runs.
 * This is done via a task because the location of the node executable obtained by the
 * gradle-node-plugin is not available until the execution phase.
 */
task configNodeRun {
    dependsOn nodeSetup
    doLast {
        nodeRun.commandLine project.extensions.getByType(NodeExtension).variant.nodeExec, "--max-old-space-size=123", "main.js"
    }
}

task nodeRun (type: Exec){
    dependsOn configNodeRun
}

[srs]

Merged into master. Will be released in 1.1.0.

[shorn]

@srs Is there an equivalent of this for NpmTask instead of NodeTask? I've been banging my head against this for a while, but I can't seem to do this for an NPM task.