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# grunt-bower-task [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/yatskevich/grunt-bower-task.png)](https://travis-ci.org/yatskevich/grunt-bower-task)
> Install Bower packages. Smartly.
## Getting Started
_If you haven't used [grunt][] before, be sure to check out the [Getting Started][] guide._
Please note, this plugin works **only with grunt 0.4+**. If you are using grunt 0.3.x then consider an [upgrade to 0.4][].
From the same directory as your project's [Gruntfile][Getting Started] and [package.json][], install this plugin with the following command:
```bash npm install grunt-bower-task --save-dev ```
Once that's done, add this line to your project's Gruntfile:
```js grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-bower-task'); ```
If the plugin has been installed correctly, running `grunt --help` at the command line should list the newly-installed plugin's task or tasks. In addition, the plugin should be listed in package.json as a `devDependency`, which ensures that it will be installed whenever the `npm install` command is run.
[grunt]: http://gruntjs.com/ [Getting Started]: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/wiki/Getting-started [package.json]: https://npmjs.org/doc/json.html [upgrade to 0.4]: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/wiki/Upgrading-from-0.3-to-0.4
## Grunt task for Bower
### Overview
In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named `bower` to the data object passed into `grunt.initConfig()`.
```js grunt.initConfig({ bower: { install: { //just run 'grunt bower:install' and you'll see files from your Bower packages in lib directory } }, }) ```
### Options
#### options.targetDir
Type: `String` Default value: `./lib`
A directory where you want to keep your Bower packages.
### options.install
Type: `Boolean` Default value: `true`
Whether you want to run bower install task itself (e.g. you might not want to do this each time on CI server).
### options.cleanTargetDir
Type: `Boolean` Default value: `false`
Will clean target dir before running install.
### options.cleanBowerDir
Type: `Boolean` Default value: `false`
Will remove bower's dir after copying all needed files into target dir.
#### options.cleanup
Type: `boolean` Default value: `undefined`
**NOTE:** If set to true or false then both `cleanBowerDir` & `cleanTargetDir` are set to the value of `cleanup`.
#### options.layout
Type: `string` or `function` Default value: `byType`
There are two built-in named layouts: `byType` and `byComponent`.
`byType` layout will produce the following structure:
``` lib |-- js | |- bootstrap | \- require |-- css \- bootstrap ``` where `js`, `css` come from `exportsOverride` section described below.
`byComponent` will group assets by type under component name:
``` lib |-- bootstrap | |- js | \- css |-- require \- js ```
If you need to support custom layout then you can specify `layout` as a function of `type` and `component`:
```js var path = require('path');
grunt.initConfig({ bower: { install: { options: { layout: function(type, component) { var renamedType = type; if (type == 'js') renamedType = 'javascripts'; else if (type == 'css') renamedType = 'stylesheets';
return path.join(component, renamedType); } } } } }); ```
#### options.verbose
Type: `boolean` Default value: `false`
The task will provide more (debug) output when this option is set to `true`. You can also use `--verbose` when running task for same effect.
### Usage Examples
#### Default Options
Default options are good enough if you want to install Bower packages and keep only `"main"` files (as specified by package's `component.json`) in separate directory.
```js grunt.initConfig({ bower: { install: { options: { targetDir: './lib', layout: 'byType', install: true, verbose: false, cleanTargetDir: false, cleanBowerDir: false } } }, }) ```
#### Custom Options
In this initial version there are no more options in plugin itself. **BUT!**
### Advanced usage
At this point of time "Bower package" = "its git repository". It means that package includes tests, licenses, etc. Bower's community actively discusses this issue (GitHub issues [#46][],[#88][], [on Google Groups][GG]) That's why you can find such tools like [blittle/bower-installer][] which inspired this project.
[GG]: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/twitter-bower/SQEDDA_gmh0 [#88]: https://github.com/twitter/bower/issues/88 [#46]: https://github.com/twitter/bower/issues/46 [blittle/bower-installer]: https://github.com/blittle/bower-installer
Okay, if you want more than `"main"` files in `./lib` directory then put `"exportsOverride"` section into your `component.json`:
```json { "name": "simple-bower", "version": "0.0.0", "dependencies": { "jquery": "~1.8.3", "bootstrap-sass": "*", "requirejs": "*" }, "exportsOverride": { "bootstrap-sass": { "js": "js/*.js", "scss": "lib/*.scss", "img": "img/*.png" }, "requirejs": { "js": "require.js" } } } ``` `grunt-bower-task` will do the rest:
* If Bower package has defined `"main"` files then they will be copied to `./lib/<package>/`. * If `"main"` files are empty then the whole package directory will be copied to `./lib`. * When you define `"exportsOverride"` only asset types and files specified by you will be copied to `./lib`.
For the example above you'll get the following files in `.lib` directory:
``` jquery/jquery.js js/bootstrap-sass/bootstrap-affix.js ... js/bootstrap-sass/bootstrap-typeahead.js js/requirejs/require.js scss/bootstrap-sass/_accordion.scss ... scss/bootstrap-sass/_wells.scss scss/bootstrap-sass/bootstrap.scss scss/bootstrap-sass/responsive.scss img/bootstrap-sass/glyphicons-halflings-white.png img/bootstrap-sass/glyphicons-halflings.png ```
## Contributing
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][].
## Release History
* 2013/04/23 - v0.2.2 - Fix backward-compatibility issue (related to `cleanup` option). * 2013/04/22 - v0.2.1 - Split 'install' to 'install' and 'copy' steps to support flexible workflow, add support for grunt's `--base` option. * 2013/03/30 - v0.2.0 - Added support for flexible assets layout, honor native Bower's configuration, reduce log output. * 2013/03/18 - v0.1.1 - Updated dependencies, minor fixes. * 2012/11/25 - v0.1.0 - Initial release.
## License
Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Ivan Yatskevich
Licensed under the MIT license.
<https://github.com/yatskevich/grunt-bower-task/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT>
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