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Gruntjs - where to set tasks?

Work on the gruntjs project "Hello World", and there seems to be no optimal place to install the grunt task. Let's say, for example, that I want to start compiling coffeescript, I need the "grunt-coffee" task.

Option 1: install it directly in my src tree

It seems that the way you want to do this and it works.

cd $MY_PROJECT_HOME npm install grunt-coffee grunt coffee

However, this adds 7.2mg to my project tree. I do not want to put it in my src control, but if I remove it, I won’t grunt to build my project. I could .gitignore it, but then the others that load the repository cannot build without performing the same installations. This is also a bit confusing for CI servers.

Option 2: Install It Globally

 cd $MY_PROJECT_HOME npm install -g grunt-coffee grunt coffee

Grunt cannot find my plugins if I install them this way:

 Local Npm module "grunt-coffee" not found. Is it installed?

I do not understand why this is not supported.

Option 3: install them somewhere else?

Grunt has an api method called loadTasks that loads tasks locally. I tried to pull out npms and transfer them to a special directory that I referenced here, with no luck. Eg

 grunt.loadTasks('$SHARED_TASKS_FOR_ALL_MY_GRUNT_PROJECTS/node_modules/grunt-coffee')

and then:

 cd $SHARED_TASKS_FOR_ALL_MY_GRUNT_PROJECTS npm install grunt-coffee cd $MY_PROJECT_HOME grunt coffee Task "coffee" not found. Use --force to continue.

Option 4: Grunt in its loadNpmTasks call pulls dependencies for me in the .grunt directory somewhere

That would be good...:)

EDIT

The syndrome below is true. Option 1 is the path, but one part is missing - the package.json file. So:

  • Add the package.json file and put all your dependencies there .
  • Make sure node_modules .gitignore -ed.
  • In your README, give some instructions to run npm install (note no arguments) on the clone or if they add dependencies to the build file.
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The first option is the right way. You will not copy the node_modules folder, but simply ask users to make npm install , which extracts all the necessary dependencies.

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If you want to use parameter 3, the correct syntax would be the following:

 grunt.loadTasks('$SHARED_TASKS_FOR_ALL_MY_GRUNT_PROJECTS/node_modules/grunt-coffee/tasks')

We must use this somehow for our build process, which runs on a computer isolated from the "outside world" and cannot pull dependencies during build ...

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