Grunt-browserify aliasMapping two levels deep

Question

So, I have a file directory in which two files are inside the folder:

views/view1.js
views/view2.js

But one is nested a level deeper

views/other/view3.js

I want to compile them using grunt-browserify, using alias matching, so I can require them as:

require('view1')

require('view2')

require('other/view3')

So, I'm setting up a simple mapping in the configuration grunt-browserify:

{
  expand: true,
  cwd: 'views/',
  src: ['**/*.js'],
  dest: ''
}

The first two files are require()fine, but the last cannot be found. Mapping the alias that I use looks only on one level. How can I get him to go down to every level that I give him?

Answer 1

aliasMappings , . , aliasify (kudos to byronwong ). Gruntfile:

var util = require('util');
var aliasify = require('aliasify');

module.exports = function(grunt) {

  // takes grunt-browserify aliasMappings config and converts it into an aliasify config.
  function configureAliasify(aliasMappings) {
    var expandedAliases = {};
    aliases = util.isArray(aliasMappings) ? aliasMappings : [aliasMappings];
    aliases.forEach(function (alias) {
      grunt.file.expandMapping(alias.src, alias.dest, {cwd: alias.cwd}).forEach(function(file) {
        var expose = file.dest.substr(0, file.dest.lastIndexOf('.'));
        expandedAliases[expose] = './' + file.src[0];
      });
    });

    return require('aliasify').configure({
      aliases: expandedAliases
    });
  }

  // Create alias mappings with aliasify
  var aliasMappings = configureAliasify({
    cwd: 'views',
    src: ['**/*.js'],
    dest: ''
  });

  // Project configuration.
  grunt.initConfig({
    browserify: {
      dist: {
        files: {
          'build/app.js': ['client/entry.js']
        },
        options: {
          debug: true,
          transform: [aliasMappings]
        }
      }
    }
  });

  // Load the plugin that provides the "browserify" task.
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-browserify');

  // Default task(s).
  grunt.registerTask('default', ['browserify']);

};

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var util = require('util');

module.exports = function(grunt) {

  // Takes grunt-browserify aliasMappings config and converts it into an alias array
  function aliasMappingsToAliasArray(aliasMappings) {
    var aliasArray = [];
    aliases = util.isArray(aliasMappings) ? aliasMappings : [aliasMappings];
    aliases.forEach(function (alias) {
      grunt.file.expandMapping(alias.src, alias.dest, {cwd: alias.cwd}).forEach(function(file) {
        var expose = file.dest.substr(0, file.dest.lastIndexOf('.'));
        aliasArray.push('./' + file.src[0] + ':' + expose);
      });
    });
    return aliasArray;
  }

  // Project configuration.
  grunt.initConfig({
    browserify: {
      dist: {
        files: {
            'build/app.js': ['client/entry.js']
        },
        options: {
          debug: true,
          alias: aliasMappingsToAliasArray({
            cwd: 'shared',
            src: ['**/*.js'],
            dest: ''
          })
        }
      }
    }
  });

  // Load the plugin that provides the "browserify" task.
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-browserify');

  // Default task(s).
  grunt.registerTask('default', ['browserify']);

};

Answer 2

aliasMapping v2 beta.

npm install grunt-browserify@2