gulp-intelli-watch

Rebuilds only the endpoints relevant to changed files

Useage

const intelliWatch = require('gulp-intelli-watch');
 
intelliWatch(glob, taskLogic);

Arguments

• glob String|Array [required]
  Pattern to match all endpoints for task.

• taskLogic(glob) Function [required]
  Task to run when files are changed

  • glob String|Array
    A subset of files from the glob passed into intelliWatch

Requirements

To use gulp-intelli-watch, you must follow these rules:

1. Your task logic must return a stream.
2. Your task needs to take an argument that receives your typical gulp src glob.
3. If you are using a language that bundles multiple files into a single endpoint, you need to initialize source maps in your build process.

Helpful Tips

We need to tie into your stream to analyze the files to watch, so you must return a stream.

This means:

• You cannot omit a return value.
• You cannot return something else such as a Promise (soon to come, hopefully)

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If you are used to writing your task in the following pattern:

function styles() {
    gulp.src(config.styles.src)
        .pipe(sass())
        .pipe(gulp.dest(config.styles.dest));
}
 
gulp.task('styles', styles);
 
gulp.task('styles:watch', () => {
    gulp.watch(config.styles.src, styles);
});

You will need to refactor your task logic as follows:

function stylesTaskLogic(src) {
    return gulp.src(src)
        .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
        .pipe(sass())
        .pipe(gulp.dest(config.styles.dest));
}
 
function styles() {
    stylesTaskLogic(config.styles.src);
}
 
gulp.task('styles', styles);
 
gulp.task('styles:watch', intelliWatch(config.styles.src, stylesTaskLogic));

Note we are returning the gulp.src inside the stylesTaskLogic.

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Be sure to include gulp-sourcemaps where applicable. You do not have to write the sourcemaps if you do not want to, but you need to at least pipe init in your stream before returning.

function stylesTaskLogic(src) {
    return gulp.src(src)
        .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
        // ^ we need this!!
        .pipe(sass())
        .pipe(gulp.dest(config.styles.dest));
}