It is a plugin for gruntjs. It runs predefined tasks whenever watched file patterns are added, changed or deleted.
Questions tagged [grunt-contrib-watch]
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Grunt-contrib-connect: how to launch the server in a specified browser
I'm quite new to the bower / grunt / yeoman environment. I'm trying to customize the app generated by the default yeoman Webapp generator.
Basically when I launch grunt serve the default browser will be launched opening the url served by the grunt…
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Grunt task exits with Bus Error: 10
I am using the following JSHint Grunt task, which is passing okay:
jshint: {
options: {
ignores: ['js/characters/**/*.js','js/libs/**/*.js','js/text.js','js/video.js'],
predef: ['define', 'require'],
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Grunt concurrent task outputting nothing
I want my Grunt based setup to run both "test" (i.e. the unit tests) and "server" (i.e. the web server) at the same time, so that I can just do grunt testAndServer to run both (and update both when any file is changed) in the same terminal.
Code…
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use grunt to restart a phantomjs process
I'm using grunt to have some tasks done every time I change my code ( jshint for example ) and I want to reload a phantomJs process every time I have changes.
The first way I found is to use grunt.util.spawn to run phantomJs the first time.
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How to get grunt-watch to livereload the correct css file?
My goal is to use grunt-watch to live reload my stylesheet whenever I save a change to the stylesheet.
My grunt file is below.
When I run grunt, the file is being watched as expected, but the correct css file is not reloaded.
I can see in the Chrome…
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Is it possible to run a task after the watch task?
I have a PHP-based project that won't run on grunt-php. Instead, I use grunt-exec to run my MAMP server for development.
exec: {
serverup: {
command: '/Applications/MAMP/bin/start.sh'
},
serverdown: {
command:…
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Grunt aborted due to warnings
I have already installed "npm" on my local machine. In my Gruntfile.js directory, i'm installing grunt in this way:
npm install grunt
npm install -g grunt-cli
grunt watch
The tasker is running, but i got these warnings:
Here's my gruntfile.js…
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How to make grunt-newer run requirejs on only changed files?
I can only find examples about using grunt-newer with jshint but not requirejs during searching. So I use this config in my grunt config file:
watch: {
options: {
nospawn: true
},
js: {
files: [
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detect file changes in vagrant guest machine
I'm using Vagrant 1.8.4, running Ubuntu 14.04 box. I have installed node v6.2.2 and I'm running windows 10 x64-bit on the host machine, when I change js files and run gulp watch / babel script.js --watch --out-file compiled.js
The problem the…
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How to serve angular app with grunt?
I am an angular newbie and trying to run grunt with angular. My grunt file looks like this, which plugin or module do I need to add to serve an angular app? I tried grunt-contrib-watch:
module.exports = function(grunt) {
grunt.initConfig({
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bier hier
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Grunt "watch" Warning: Path must be a string. Received undefined
Grunt "Watch" doesn't want to proceed.
Problem:
Running "watch" task
Waiting...
Warning: Path must be a string. Received undefined
Here is the grunt watch in Gruntfile.js:
watch: {
//Watch files for changes during "grunt serve"
main: {
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Grunt watch task binding in Visual Studio 2015
Problem: I have a problem to configure binding for grunt watch task to always run in Visual Studio 2015.
My goal: I want to watch files for changes and once the change occurs I want to run some task and then resume watch task to look for further…
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Add delay to Grunt Watch for Less files
I'm using Grunt for compiling Less files on a server, the problem is when I upload the less file over the server using FTP client (Filezilla), the Grunt --watch task starts to compiling the less file from the very first byte that it receives before…
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grunt doesnot reload server on watch livereload
I have been trying to reload the server if the any of the file changes. I can watch the files which has been changed but it does not reload my server.
GruntFile.js
module.exports = function(grunt){
grunt.initConfig({
pkg:…
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Grunt watch Running "watch" task Waiting
I have a problem with grunt-watch. When I use "grunt" in terminal outputs
"Running "watch" task Waiting..."
krp-arina@krparina-Lenovo-G555:~/server$ grunt
Running "watch" task
Waiting...
krp-arina@krparina-Lenovo-G555:~/server$ grunt…
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