grunt-git

Git commands for grunt.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.0

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-git --save-dev

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

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-git');

Upgrading from v0.2.x

The gitcommit command used to call git add for you. This is no longer the case. Be sure to add a gitadd task whenever there might be new files to commit. The ignoreEmpty option is no longer supported.

Universal options

The following options may be applied to any task

options.verbose

Type: boolean Default value: none

Console output from the git task will be piped to the output of the grunt script. Useful for debugging.

options.cwd

Type: string Default value: none

Change the current working directory before executing the git call. Useful for performing operations on repositories that are located in subdirectories. Note: When performing commands that provide files (e.g. gitcommit), it is also necessary to specify the cwd for the files explicitly.

Example:

grunt.initConfig({
  gitcommit: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        cwd: "/path/to/repo"
      },
      files: [
        {
          src: ["fileone.txt", "filetwo.js"],
          expand: true,
          cwd: "/path/to/repo"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
})

The "gitadd" task

Add file contents to the index

Options

options.all

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Update the index not only where the working tree has a file matching but also where the index already has an entry. This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to match the working tree.

options.force

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Allow adding otherwise ignored files.

Usage Examples

grunt.initConfig({
  gitadd: {
    task: {
      options: {
        force: true
      },
      files: {
        src: ['test.txt']
      }
    }
  },
});

The "gitcommit" task

Commits the working directory.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitcommit: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options go here.
      },
      files: {
          // Specify the files you want to commit
      }
    }
  },
})

Each target defines a specific git task that can be run. The different available tasks are listed below.

Options

options.message

Type: String Default value: 'Commit'

The commit message.

options.allowEmpty

Type: Boolean Default value: false

When true, the task will not fail when there are no staged changes (optional).

options.noVerify

Type: Boolean Default value: false

When true, the task will commit the changes with the --no-verify flag.

options.noStatus

Type: Boolean Default value: false

When true, the task will commit the changes with the --no-status flag.

Usage Examples

Commit options:

message: Commit message
files: Files to commit
noVerify: Bypass the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks when committing changes
noStatus: Do not include the output of git-status in the commit message

grunt.initConfig({
    gitcommit: {
        task: {
            options: {
                message: 'Testing',
                noVerify: true,
                noStatus: false
            },
            files: {
                src: ['test.txt']
            }
        }
    },
});

The "gitrebase" task

Rebases the current branch onto another branch

Options

options.branch (required)

Type: String the name of the branch you want to rebase on to. For example if the current branch were codfish and you wanted to rebase it onto master, you would set this value to master.

options.theirs

Type: Boolean Default value: false

When true, use the git equivalent of svn's theirs-conflict (--strategy=recursive -Xtheirs).

Usage Examples

grunt.initConfig({
  gitrebase: {
    task: {
      options: {
        branch: 'master'
      }
    }
  },
});

The "gittag" task

Creates (or deletes) a git tag.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gittag: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options go here.
      }
    }
  },
})

Each target defines a specific git task that can be run. The different available tasks are listed below.

Options

options.tag

Type: String Default value: ''

The name of the tag. E.g.: 0.0.1.

options.message

Type: String Default value: ''

The tag message (optional).

options.remove

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Whether to delete the tag (optional).

Usage Examples

grunt.initConfig({
    gittag: {
        addtag: {
            options: {
                tag: '0.0.1',
                message: 'Testing'
            }
        },
        deletetag: {
            options: {
                tag: '0.0.1',
                remove: true
            }
        }
    },
});

The "gitcheckout" task

Creates a git branch using checkout -b, or checks out a given branch.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitcheckout: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options go here.
      }
    }
  },
})

Each target defines a specific git task that can be run. The different available tasks are listed below.

Options

options.branch

Type: String Default value: ''

The name of the branch. E.g.: testing.

options.create

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Whether the branch should be created (optional).

options.overwrite

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Whether the branch should be overwritten, or created if it doesn't already exist (optional).

NOTE: When enabled, this option overwrites the target branch with the current branch.

Usage Examples

grunt.initConfig({
    gitcheckout: {
        task: {
            options: {
                branch: 'testing',
                create: true
            }
        }
    },
});

The "gitstash" task

Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitstash: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options go here.
      }
    }
  },
})

Each target defines a specific git task that can be run. The different available tasks are listed below.

Options

options.command

Type: String Default value: 'save'

The stash command to run. E.g.: save, apply.

options.stash

Type: Integer Default value: ''

The stash to apply. E.g.: 0 (optional).

options.staged

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Whether the staged changes should be reapplied (optional).

Usage Examples

grunt.initConfig({
    gittag: {
        stash: {
            options: {
                create: true
            }
        },
        apply: {
            options: {
                command: 'apply',
                staged: true,
                stash: '0'
            }
        }
    },
});

The "gitclone" task

Clones a git repo.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitclone: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options go here.
      }
    }
  },
})

Each target defines a specific git task that can be run. The different available tasks are listed below.

Options

options.bare

Type: Boolean Default value: none

Run git clone with the --bare option applied.

options.branch

Type: String Default value: none

Clone the repo with a specific branch checked out. (Cannot be used in conjunction with 'bare')

options.depth

Type: Integer Default value: none

Clone the repo with a limited revision history. (Such clones cannot be pushed from or pulled to.)

options.repository (required)

Type: String Default value: none

The path to the repository you want to clone.

options.directory

Type: String Default value: none

Clone the repo into a specific directory instead of the one git decides.

options.recursive

Type: boolean Default value: none

Pass the --recursive flag to the git clone command. This is equivalent to running git submodule update --init --recursive immediately after the clone is finished.

Usage Examples

grunt.initConfig({
    gitclone: {
        clone: {
            options: {
                repository: 'https://github.com/you/your-git-repo.git',
                branch: 'my-branch',
                directory: 'repo'
            }
        }
    },
});

The "gitreset" task

Creates a git branch using checkout -b, or checks out a given branch.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitreset: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options go here.
      },
      files: {
        src: // Target-specific files go here.
      }
    }
  },
})

Each target defines a specific git task that can be run. The different available tasks are listed below.

Options

options.mode

Type: String Default value: ''

The reset mode to run. E.g.: hard, merge.

options.commit

Type: String Default value: 'HEAD'

Which commit to reset to (optional).

Usage Examples

grunt.initConfig({
    gitreset: {
        task: {
            options: {
                mode: 'hard',
                commit: 'HEAD~1'
            }
        }
    },
});

The "gitclean" task

Remove untracked files from the working tree.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitclean: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options go here.
      },
      files: {
        src: // Target-specific paths go here (optional).
      }
    }
  },
})

Options

options.force

Type: Boolean Default value: true

Force a run of the clean command (optional).

options.dry

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done (optional).

options.quiet

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are successfully removed (optional).

options.exclude

Type: String Default value: false

In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, also consider the given patterns to be in the set of the ignore rules in effect (optional).

options.onlyignorefiles

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Remove only files ignored by Git. This may be useful to rebuild everything from scratch, but keep manually created files (optional).

options.nonstandard

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Don't use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, but do still use the ignore rules given with this option. This allows removing all untracked files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in conjunction with git reset) to create a pristine working directory to test a clean build (optional).

options.directories

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files. If an untracked directory is managed by a different Git repository, it is not removed by default (optional).

The "gitpush" task

Pushes to a remote.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitpush: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options go here.
      }
    }
  },
})

Options

options.remote

Type: String Default value: 'origin'

The remote where to push. E.g.: origin, heroku. The task will push to origin if left unset.

options.branch

Type: String Default value: null

The remote branch to push to. E.g.: master, develop. The task will push to the tracked branch if left unset.

options.all

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --all flag to the push.

options.tags

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --tags flag to the push.

options.upstream

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --set-upstream flag to the push.

options.force

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --force flag to the push.

The "gitpull" task

Pulls from a remote.

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named gitpull to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig(). You can change the remote (origin is by default), and you can add a branch you want to pull from.

grunt.initConfig({
  gitpull: {
    your_target: {
      options: {

      }
    }
  },
})

Options

options.remote

Type: String Default value: origin

The remote to pull from. The task will not fail if the origin is left unset and pull the default remote git origin.

options.branch

Type: String Default value: master

The branch to pull from. E.g.: master, develop (optional).

The "gitfetch" task

Download objects and refs from a repo.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitfetch: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        all: true
      }
    }
  }
})

Options

options.repository

Type: String Default value: null

The repository you want to fetch from. When no remote is specified, by default the origin remote will be used.

options.all

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Adds the --all flag. Fetch all remotes.

options.append

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Adds the --append flag. Append ref names and object names of fetched refs.

options.prune

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Adds the --prune flag. After fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the remote.

options.notags

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Adds the --no-tags flag. Disables automatic tag following.

options.tags

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Adds the --tags flag. Fetch all tags from the remote into local.

The "gitmerge" task

Merges another branch into the current branch.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitmerge: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options go here.
      }
    }
  },
})

Options

options.branch

Type: String Default value: null

The branch to merge from. E.g.: master, develop. The task will fail if the branch if left unset.

options.ffOnly

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --ff-only flag to the merge.

options.noff

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --no-ff flag to the merge.

options.squash

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --squash flag to the merge.

options.edit

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --edit flag to the merge: this forces an editor to appear before committing the successful merge.

options.noEdit

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --no-edit flag to the merge: this bypasses the editor from appearing before committing a successful merge.

options.message

Type: String Default value: null

Will add the -m flag followed by the value of this option to the merge: this string will be used as the commit message for the merge.

options.commit

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --commit flag to the merge: this option can be used to override -no-commit in the git config.

options.noCommit

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Will add the --no-commit flag to the merge: do not commit the merge.

The "gitarchive" task

Archives a branch.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  gitarchive: {
    master: {
      options: {
        format: 'tar.gz',
        prefix: 'your-project-name/',
        treeIsh: 'master',
        output: '/tmp/your-project-name.tar.gz',
        path: ['README', 'LICENSE']
      }
    }
  }
})

Options

options.treeIsh

Type: String Default value: 'master'.

The tree or commit to produce an archive for. E.g.: 'master' or a commit hash.

options.format

Type: String Default value: 'tar'.

Format of the resulting archive: 'tar', 'tar.gz', 'zip'. If this option is not given, and the output file is specified, the format is inferred from the filename if possible (e.g. writing to "foo.zip" makes the output to be in the zip format). Otherwise the output format is tar.

options.prefix

Type: String Default value: none.

Adds the --prefix flag. Don't forget the trailing /.

options.output

Type: String Default value: none.

Adds the --output flag. Write the archive to a file instead of stdout.

options.remote

Type: String Default value: none.

Adds the --remote flag. Instead of making a tar archive from the local repository, retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.

options.path

Type: Array Default value: none.

Without an optional path parameter, all files and subdirectories of the current working directory are included in the archive. If one or more paths are specified, only these are included.

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.