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grunt-contrib
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grunt-contrib
This grunt-contrib plugins hoarder bundle is DEPRECATED.
Instead you can install all the contrib plugins individually:
$ npm install --save-dev grunt-contrib-clean grunt-contrib-coffee grunt-contrib-compass grunt-contrib-compress grunt-contrib-concat grunt-contrib-connect grunt-contrib-copy grunt-contrib-cssmin grunt-contrib-csslint grunt-contrib-handlebars grunt-contrib-htmlmin grunt-contrib-imagemin grunt-contrib-jade grunt-contrib-jasmine grunt-contrib-jshint grunt-contrib-jst grunt-contrib-less grunt-contrib-nodeunit grunt-contrib-qunit grunt-contrib-requirejs grunt-contrib-sass grunt-contrib-stylus grunt-contrib-uglify grunt-contrib-watch grunt-contrib-yuidoc grunt-contrib-symlink
The above is only meant for quickly being able to try out grunt. For anything else install only what you actually need.
Officially Supported Plugins
grunt-contrib-clean 
Clean files and folders.
grunt-contrib-coffee 
Compile CoffeeScript files to JavaScript.
grunt-contrib-compass 
Compile Sass to CSS using Compass
grunt-contrib-compress 
Compress files and folders.
grunt-contrib-concat 
Concatenate files.
grunt-contrib-connect 
Start a connect web server.
grunt-contrib-copy 
Copy files and folders.
grunt-contrib-cssmin 
Compress CSS files.
grunt-contrib-csslint 
Lint CSS files.
grunt-contrib-handlebars 
Precompile Handlebars templates to JST file.
grunt-contrib-htmlmin 
Minify HTML
grunt-contrib-imagemin 
Minify PNG, JPEG and GIF images
grunt-contrib-jade 
Compile Jade templates.
grunt-contrib-jasmine 
Run jasmine specs headlessly through PhantomJS.
grunt-contrib-jshint 
Validate files with JSHint.
grunt-contrib-jst 
Precompile Underscore templates to JST file.
grunt-contrib-less 
Compile LESS files to CSS.
grunt-contrib-nodeunit 
Run Nodeunit unit tests.
grunt-contrib-qunit 
Run QUnit unit tests in a headless PhantomJS instance.
grunt-contrib-requirejs 
Optimize RequireJS projects using r.js.
grunt-contrib-sass 
Compile Sass to CSS
grunt-contrib-stylus 
Compile Stylus files to CSS.
grunt-contrib-uglify 
Minify files with UglifyJS.
grunt-contrib-watch 
Run predefined tasks whenever watched file patterns are added, changed or deleted.
grunt-contrib-yuidoc 
Compile YUIDoc Documentation.
grunt-contrib-symlink 
Create symbolic links.
Release History
- 2014-05-01 v0.11.0 Bump dependencies and DEPRECATE this task.
- 2014-03-26 v0.10.1 Updated grunt-contrib-handlebars. Updated grunt-contrib-imagemin.
- 2014-03-26 v0.10.0 Version bumps in several grunt-contrib-* plugins. Added grunt-contrib-symlink.
- 2014-02-11 v0.9.0 Version bumps in several grunt-contrib-* plugins.
- 2013-10-15 v0.8.0 Use matchdep and peerDependencies to create collection.
- 2013-03-26 v0.6.0 Minor version bumps in several grunt-contrib-* plugins.
- 2013-03-07 v0.5.0 Add grunt-contrib-csslint Minor version bumps in several grunt-contrib-* plugins.
- 2013-02-17 v0.4.0 Updated to include the entire grunt-contrib suite for Grunt v0.4.
- 2012-09-23 v0.3.0 options no longer accepted from global config key.
- 2012-09-10 v0.2.0 converted to grunt collection, all tasks in separate repos/packages.
- 2012-08-27 v0.1.8 update dependencies to latest versions. bump: new task to assist with versioning (PR #111)
- 2012-08-20 v0.1.7 add partial support to handlebars task (PR update package.json for latest stylus (PR copy: add minimatch option (PR #105)
- 2012-08-13 v0.1.6 less+stylus: correct concat logic and add tests. (#101) handlebars: add processName
- 2012-08-06 v0.1.5 add nib as dependancy
- 2012-07-30 v0.1.4 copy: sort test arrays before compare (PR #93) copy+compress: use basePath left to right (GH #92) handlebars: fix failing test in 1.0.6 less: prints 'undefined' when there are no stylesheets. (PR #89)
- 2012-07-23 v0.1.3 bug fixes (#86) stylus: load nib if available (PR #87)
- 2012-07-16 v0.1.2 bug fixes (#84) basePath overhaul lint in strict mode variable declaration cleanup
- 2012-07-09 v0.1.1 bug fixes task overhaul yuidoc task addition prep for grunt v0.4
- 2012-06-28 v0.0.9 task cleanup copy task addition
- 2012-06-12 v0.0.7 requirejs task addition
- 2012-06-03 v0.0.5 task cleanup zip task addition
- 2012-05-01 v0.0.1 initial release
Task submitted by Tyler Kellen
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FAQs
The entire grunt-contrib suite.
The npm package grunt-contrib receives a total of 328 weekly downloads. As such, grunt-contrib popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that grunt-contrib demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 01 May 2014
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