grunt-folder-list-front-matter

Returns the file, folder or both structure from a given source in JSON or YML. Includes depth, file size and file type.

Base on Neil Barton's great grunt-folder-list

I just added the front matter info to the generated file list.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.2

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-folder-list --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-folder-list');

The "folder_list" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named folder_list to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

File Data

The plugin will return the following for each file it finds.

{
	"location" : "anothefolder/anotherfile.js",
  "filename" : "anotherfile.js",
  "filetype" : "js"
  "type"     : "file",
  "size"     : 0,
  "depth"    : 1,
}

Folder Data

The plugin will return the following for each folder it finds.

{
	"location" : "anothefolder",
	"type"     : "dir",
 	"depth"    : 1
}

Simple Setup

grunt.initConfig({
  folder_list: {
    options: {
      // Default options, you dont need these they are just to highlight the options available.
      files: true,
	    folders: true
    },
    files: {
			// Create a JSON file (.json)
			'tmp/fixtures.json': ['test/fixtures/**'],
			// Create a YML file (.yml)
			'tmp/fixtures.yml': ['test/fixtures/**'],
      // Create a YML file (.ymal)
			'tmp/fixtures.ymal': ['test/fixtures/**'],
    },
  },
});

Options

options.files

Type: Boolean Default value: true

A boolean value to turn off listing files within your output. Defaults to true.

options.folders

Type: Boolean Default value: true

A boolean value to turn off listing folders within your output. Defaults to true.

Usage Examples

Setup using CWD.

Useful when you want your file and folder locations to start from a set level.

grunt.initConfig({
  default_options : {
    options : {
      files:  true,
      folder: true
    },
    files : [
          {
              src  : ['**'],
              dest : 'tmp/fixtures.json',
              cwd  : 'test/fixtures'
          }
      ]
    },
});

File & Folder Filters

As with most things Grunt, you can do wildcard selections to ignore certain folders or files.

The below code will create 2 files (1 JSON and 1 YML). The JSON file will only log HTML files. The YML will only list files and folders within folders starting with 'asset'.

grunt.initConfig({
  default_options : {
    options : {
      files:  true,
      folder: true
    },
    files : [
          {
              src  : ['**/*.html'],
              dest : 'tmp/htmlfiles.json',
              cwd  : 'test/fixtures'
          },
					{
              src  : ['asset*/**'],
              dest : 'tmp/assets.yml',
              cwd  : 'test/fixtures'
          }
      ]
    },
});

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

v1.1.0 - 17 Feb 2014 - Clean comments, formatting and package.json v1.0.0 - 15 Feb 2014 - Tweaks, Docs, Examples, Tests v0.1.0 - 14 Feb 2014 - Initial Base