https://github.com/aleclarson/grunt-then

Anonymous tasks and targets in Grunt.
https://github.com/aleclarson/grunt-then

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Anonymous tasks and targets in Grunt.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aleclarson/grunt-then
• Owner: aleclarson
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-03-10T10:16:29.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-12-05T14:34:30.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-01T22:24:37.030Z (6 months ago)
• Language: CoffeeScript
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• Size: 9.77 KB
• Stars: 13
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE-MIT

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# grunt-then v1.0.0

Schedule a `Function` to be called without ever registering it via `grunt.registerTask`. This is called an **anonymous task**.

```JavaScript

grunt

  .run("coffee")

  .then(function () {

    console.log(this.name)

  })

```

As seen above, the `this` context in anonymous tasks is [just like in normal tasks](http://gruntjs.com/api/inside-tasks).

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Plus, you can fail an anonymous task early (just like in normal tasks).

```JavaScript

grunt.task

  .then(function () {

    return false // synchronous failure

  })

  .then(function () {

    var done = this.async()

    performAsyncOperation(function () {

      done(false) // asynchronous failure

    })

  })

```

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Debugging is easier when an anonymous task has a description. Of course, this is optional.

```Javascript

grunt.task.then("A description of what I'm doing", function () {

  // do cool grunty things

})

```

If the `--verbose` flag is used and a description is provided, it will be printed when the anonymous task starts.

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Schedule an existing task to be called with a single-use configuration. This is called an **anonymous target**.

```JavaScript

grunt.then("clean", {

  // Calls the 'clean' task with temporary configuration (after the previous task completes).

})

```

install

-------

```sh

npm install --save-dev grunt-then

```

In your Gruntfile:

```Javascript

grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-then")

```

Use [`load-grunt-tasks`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-grunt-tasks) when you have more than one NPM task to load.