How can I execute commands while Gulp.js is watching files?

Question

I know that there are gulp plugins for executing commands within tasks. What I want to do is run Gulp and while it watching files, I can switch my git branch without having to open a new terminal tab, execute the command there, and then switch back.

Answer 1

You could use the following command to run Gulp in background mode and redirect all output to /dev/null

nohup gulp > /dev/null &