nodemon - npm Package Compare versions

Comparing version 0.2.2 to 0.3.0

nodemon.js

@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ #!/usr/bin/env node
   sys.log('\x1B[32m[nodemon] starting node\x1B[0m');
-  node = spawn('node', nodeArgs);
+
+  var ext = path.extname(app);
+  if (ext === '.coffee') {
+    node = spawn('coffee', nodeArgs);
+  } else {
+    node = spawn('node', nodeArgs);
+  }
   
@@ -118,3 +124,16 @@ node.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
 
-if (!nodeArgs.length || nodeArgs[0] == 'help') {
+if (!nodeArgs.length) {
+  // try to get the app from the package.json
+  // doing a try/catch because we can't use the path.exist callback pattern
+  // or we could, but the code would get messy, so this will do exactly 
+  // what we're after - if the file doesn't exist, it'll throw.
+  try {
+    app = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./package.json').toString()).main;
+    nodeArgs.push(app);
+  } catch (e) {
+    nodeArgs.push('help'); // default to help
+  }
+}
+
+if (nodeArgs[0] == 'help') {
   usage();
@@ -134,3 +153,2 @@ process.exit(0);
 
-
 sys.log('[nodemon] v' + meta.version);
@@ -137,0 +155,0 @@

package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ {
     "bin": { "nodemon" : "./nodemon.js" },
-    "repository": { "type" : "git", "url" : "http://github.com/remy/nodemon.git" },    
+    "repository": { "type" : "git", "url" : "http://github.com/remy/nodemon.git" },
     "description": "Simple monitor script for use during development of a node.js app.",
     "keywords": ["monitor", "development", "restart", "autoload", "reload", "terminal"],
-    "version": "0.2.2",
+    "version": "0.3.0",
     "main": "./nodemon"
 }

README.md

@@ -22,3 +22,3 @@ # nodemon
     nodemon [your node app]
-    
+
 For example, if my application accepted a host and port as the arguments, I would start it as so:
@@ -30,2 +30,8 @@
 
+`nodemon` also supports running and monitoring [coffee-script](http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/) apps:
+
+    nodemon server.coffee
+
+If no script is given, `nodemon` will test for a `package.json` file and if found, will run the file associated with the *main* property ([ref](https://github.com/remy/nodemon/issues/14)).
+
 # Ignoring files
@@ -32,0 +38,0 @@

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149

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60

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