grunt-node-version-windows

A grunt task to ensure you are using the node version required by your project's package.json

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1.

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-node-version-windows --save-dev

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

grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-node-version-windows");

The "node_version" task

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
    node_version: {
        project: {
            options: {
                alwaysInstall: false,
                errorLevel: "fatal",
                globals: [],
                nvm: true,
                override: "",
                debug: false
            }
        }
    }
})

Note that node_version is a multiTask, so you'll need to be sure to create at least one target inside of your node_version configuration.

Options

options.alwaysInstall

Type: Boolean Default value: false

A boolean that determines whether to install the latest compatible version of node without a prompt (default behavior prompts user to install). This is primarily intended to be used for deployment.

options.errorLevel

Type: String Default value: "fatal"

The level of error given when the wrong node version is being used. Accepted values are "warn" and "fatal". Warn can can be overidden with --force, fatal cannot.

options.globals

Type: Array Default value: []

An array of node modules required to be installed globally for the project.

options.nvm

Type: Boolean Default value: true

A boolean that determines whether to attempt to use/install a version of node compatible with the project using nvm-windows. If set to false, the plugin will just print an error if the wrong node version is being used.

options.override

Type: String Default value: ""

If you want to override the version specified in your project's package.json, specify the version you want to use instead here. This is primarily intended for testing projects on other versions of node.

options.debug

Type: Boolean Default value: false

A boolean that turns detailed logging on / off. If set to true, a message will be logged to the console each time a new command is executed. This is primarily used for debugging issues and testing.

Forked from grunt-node-version by Jimmy King.