Explanatory blog post for this demo is available on Viget.com

Project Setup via Backbone-Require-Boilerplate-Lite

1. Download and install Node.js
2. Clone this repository
3. On the command line, type npm install nodemon -g to install the nodemon library globally. If it complains about user permissions type sudo npm install nodemon -g.
4. If you have installed Grunt globally in the past, you will need to remove it first by typing npm uninstall -g grunt. If it complains about user permissions, type sudo npm uninstall -g grunt.
5. Next, install the latest version of Grunt by typing npm install -g grunt-cli. If it complains about user permissions, type sudo npm install -g grunt-cli.
6. Navigate inside of the grunt-git-hooks-demo folder and type npm install
7. Next, type nodemon (this will start your Node.js web server and restart the server any time you make a file change thanks to the wonderful nodemon library)
8. To view the demo page, go to http://localhost:8001
9. To view the Jasmine test suite page, go to http://localhost:8001/specRunner.html

Git Hooks Setup

Type grunt githooks to set up the pre-commit hook specified in Gruntfile.js. You may also type grunt since githooks is a default task in this example.