grunt-if-modified

Conditionally run grunt tasks only if a source directory has been changed since the last time the task was run

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-if-modified --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-if-modified');

The "if_modified" task

How to use

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named if_modified to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  if_modified: {
    your_group_here: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
      dirs: {
        'dir_in_same_path_as_Gruntfile/otherfolder': ['task_you_want_to_run'],
        'another_folder': 'task_to run',
        'and_another': ['one task', 'two task', 'three']
      }
    }
  }
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code.

Release History

0.0.1 - Initial concept and tests, as yet unproven in production