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grunt-surgeon
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Insert parts of files without re-compiling the whole thing.
This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1
If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:
npm install grunt-surgeon --save-dev
Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-surgeon');
In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named surgeon to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().
grunt.initConfig({
surgeon: {
options: {
// Task-specific options go here.
},
your_target: {
// Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
},
},
})
Type: String
Default value: ', '
A string value that is used to do something with whatever.
Type: String
Default value: '.'
A string value that is used to do something else with whatever else.
In this example, the default options are used to do something with whatever. So if the testing file has the content Testing and the 123 file had the content 1 2 3, the generated result would be Testing, 1 2 3.
grunt.initConfig({
surgeon: {
options: {},
files: {
'dest/default_options': ['src/testing', 'src/123'],
},
},
})
In this example, custom options are used to do something else with whatever else. So if the testing file has the content Testing and the 123 file had the content 1 2 3, the generated result in this case would be Testing: 1 2 3 !!!
grunt.initConfig({
surgeon: {
options: {
separator: ': ',
punctuation: ' !!!',
},
files: {
'dest/default_options': ['src/testing', 'src/123'],
},
},
})
In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.
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FAQs
Insert parts of files without re-compiling the whole thing.
We found that grunt-surgeon demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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