What is broccoli-funnel?
broccoli-funnel is a Broccoli plugin that allows you to filter and move files around within a Broccoli build pipeline. It is commonly used to include or exclude specific files or directories, rename files, and restructure the output directory tree.
What are broccoli-funnel's main functionalities?
Filtering Files
This feature allows you to filter files based on a pattern. In this example, only JavaScript files from the 'src' directory are included in the output.
const Funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const filteredTree = new Funnel('src', {
include: ['**/*.js']
});
Excluding Files
This feature allows you to exclude files based on a pattern. In this example, all test JavaScript files are excluded from the 'src' directory.
const Funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const filteredTree = new Funnel('src', {
exclude: ['**/*.test.js']
});
Renaming Files
This feature allows you to rename files during the build process. In this example, 'index.html' is renamed to 'main.html'.
const Funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const renamedTree = new Funnel('src', {
getDestinationPath: function(relativePath) {
if (relativePath === 'index.html') {
return 'main.html';
}
return relativePath;
}
});
Moving Files
This feature allows you to move files to a different directory. In this example, all files from the 'src' directory are moved to the 'output' directory.
const Funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const movedTree = new Funnel('src', {
destDir: 'output'
});
Other packages similar to broccoli-funnel
broccoli-merge-trees
broccoli-merge-trees is a Broccoli plugin that allows you to merge multiple trees into a single tree. It is useful for combining the output of different Broccoli plugins. Unlike broccoli-funnel, which focuses on filtering and moving files, broccoli-merge-trees is used for combining multiple sets of files.
broccoli-stew
broccoli-stew is a collection of Broccoli plugins that provide various utilities for working with Broccoli trees. It includes functionality for debugging, filtering, and transforming files. While broccoli-funnel focuses on filtering and moving files, broccoli-stew offers a broader range of utilities.
broccoli-concat
broccoli-concat is a Broccoli plugin that concatenates multiple files into a single file. It is useful for bundling JavaScript or CSS files. Unlike broccoli-funnel, which is used for filtering and moving files, broccoli-concat is specifically designed for concatenation.
Broccoli Funnel

Given an input node, the Broccoli Funnel plugin returns a new node with only a
subset of the files from the input node. The files can be moved to different
paths. You can use regular expressions to select which files to include or
exclude.
Documentation
funnel(inputNode, options)
inputNode
{Single node}
A Broccoli node (formerly: "tree"). A node in Broccoli can be either a string
that references a directory in your project or a node object returned from
running another Broccoli plugin.
If your project has the following file structure:
.
├── Brocfile.js
└── src/
├── css/
│ ├── reset.css
│ └── todos.css
├── icons/
│ ├── check-mark.png
│ └── logo.jpg
└── javascript/
├── app.js
└── todo.js
You can select a subsection of the tree via Funnel:
const funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const cssFiles = funnel('src/css');
module.exports = cssFiles;
Options
srcDir
{String}
A string representing the portion of the input node to start the funneling
from. This will be the base path for any include
/exclude
regexps.
Default: '.'
, the root path of the input node.
If your project has the following file structure:
.
├── Brocfile.js
└── src/
├── css/
│ ├── reset.css
│ └── todos.css
├── icons/
│ ├── check-mark.png
│ └── logo.jpg
└── javascript/
├── app.js
└── todo.js
You can select a subsection of the node via Funnel:
const funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const merge = require('broccoli-merge-trees');
const projectFiles = 'src';
const cssFiles = funnel(projectFiles, {
srcDir: 'css'
});
const imageFiles = funnel(projectFiles, {
srcDir: 'icons'
});
module.exports = merge([cssFiles, imageFiles]);
destDir
{String}
A string representing the destination path that filtered files will be copied to.
Default: '.'
, the root path of input node.
If your project has the following file structure:
.
├── Brocfile.js
└── src/
├── css/
│ ├── reset.css
│ └── todos.css
├── icons/
│ ├── check-mark.png
│ └── logo.jpg
└── javascript/
├── app.js
└── todo.js
You can select a subsection of the directory structure via Funnel and copy it to a new location:
const funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const cssFiles = funnel('src/css', {
destDir: 'build'
});
module.exports = cssFiles;
allowEmpty
{Boolean}
When using srcDir
/destDir
options only (aka no filtering via include
/exclude
options), if the srcDir
were missing an error would be thrown.
Setting allowEmpty
to true, will prevent that error by creating an empty directory at the destination path.
include
{Array of GlobStrings|RegExps|Functions}
One or more matcher expression (regular expression, glob string, or function). Files within the node whose names match this
expression will be copied (with the location inside their parent directories
preserved) to the destDir
.
Default: []
.
If your project has the following file structure
.
├── Brocfile.js
└── src/
├── css/
│ ├── reset.css
│ └── todos.css
├── icons/
│ ├── check-mark.png
│ └── logo.jpg
└── javascript/
├── app.js
└── todo.js
You can select files that match a glob expression and copy those subdirectories to a
new location, preserving their location within parent directories:
const funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const todoRelatedFiles = funnel('src', {
include: ['**/todo*']
});
module.exports = todoRelatedFiles;
exclude
{Array of Glob Strings|Function}
One or more matcher expression (regular expression, glob string, or function). Files within the node whose names match this
expression will not be copied to the destDir
if they otherwise would have
been.
Note, in the case when a file matches both an include and exclude pattern,
the exclude pattern wins
Default: []
.
If your project has the following file structure:
.
├── Brocfile.js
└── src/
├── css/
│ ├── reset.css
│ └── todos.css
├── icons/
│ ├── check-mark.png
│ └── logo.jpg
└── javascript/
├── app.js
└── todo.js
You can select files that match a glob expression and exclude them from copying:
const funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const nobodyLikesTodosAnyway = funnel('src', {
exclude: ['**/todo.js']
});
module.exports = nobodyLikesTodosAnyway;
files
{Array of Strings}
One or more relative file paths. Files within the node whose relative paths match
will be copied (with the location inside their parent directories
preserved) to the destDir
.
Default: []
.
If your project has the following file structure
.
├── Brocfile.js
└── src/
├── css/
│ ├── reset.css
│ └── todos.css
├── icons/
│ ├── check-mark.png
│ └── logo.jpg
└── javascript/
├── app.js
└── todo.js
You can select a specific list of files copy those subdirectories to a
new location, preserving their location within parent directories:
const funnel = require('broccoli-funnel');
const someFiles = funnel('src', {
files: ['css/reset.css', 'icons/check-mark.png']
});
module.exports = someFiles;
getDestinationPath
{Function}
This method will get called for each file, receiving the currently processing
relativePath
as its first argument. The value returned from
getDestinationPath
will be used as the destination for the new node. This is
a very simple way to rename files or move them from one path to another (replacing the need
for broccoli-file-mover
for example).
The return value of this method is cached for each input file. This means that
getDestinationPath
will only be called once per relativePath
.
In the following example, getDestinationPath
is used to move main.js
to
ember-metal.js
:
const node = funnel('packages/ember-metal/lib', {
destDir: 'ember-metal',
getDestinationPath: function(relativePath) {
if (relativePath === 'lib/main.js') {
return 'ember-metal.js';
}
return relativePath;
}
});
Extending Funnel
If you desire to extend funnel follow the below snippet
const { Funnel } = require('broccoli-funnel');
class CustomFunnel extends Funnel {
}
ZOMG!!! TESTS?!?!!?
I know, right?
Running the tests:
npm install
npm test
License
This project is distributed under the MIT license.