gulp-todo

Parse and output TODOs and FIXMEs from comments in your file in a stream

Parse your files in a gulp-stream, extracting todos/fixmes from comments and reporting them in a reporter to your choosing using leasot.

Issues with the output should be reported on the leasot issue tracker

Install

Install with npm

1$ npm install --save-dev gulp-todo

Usage

1var gulp = require('gulp');
2var todo = require('gulp-todo');
3
4// generate a todo.md from your javascript files
5gulp.task('todo', function() {
6    gulp.src('js/**/*.js')
7        .pipe(todo())
8        .pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
9        // -> Will output a TODO.md with your todos
10});
11
12// generate todo from your jade files
13gulp.task('todo-jade', function() {
14    gulp.src('partials/**/*.jade')
15        .pipe(todo({ fileName: 'jade-todo.md' }))
16        .pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
17        // -> Will output a jade-todo.md with your todos
18});
19
20// get filenames relative to project root (where your gulpfile is)
21gulp.task('todo-absolute', function() {
22    gulp.src('js/**/*.js')
23        .pipe(todo({
24            absolute: true
25        }))
26        .pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
27});
28
29// get relative path filenames
30gulp.task('todo-absolute', function() {
31    gulp.src('js/**/*.js', { base: '/' })
32        .pipe(todo())
33        .pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
34});
35
36// create a json output of the comments (useful for CI such as jenkins)
37gulp.task('todo-json', function () {
38    gulp.src('./**/*.js', {
39        base: './'
40    })
41        .pipe(todo({
42            fileName: 'todo.json',
43            reporter: 'json'
44        }))
45        .pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
46});
47
48// output once in markdown and then output a json file as well
49gulp.task('todo-reporters', function() {
50    gulp.src('js/**/*.js')
51        .pipe(todo())
52        .pipe(gulp.dest('./')) //output todo.md as markdown
53        .pipe(todo.reporter('json', {fileName: 'todo.json'}))
54        .pipe(gulp.dest('./')) //output todo.json as json
55});
56
57
58// Delete the todo.md file if no todos were found
59var gulpIf = require('gulp-if');
60var del = require('del');
61var vinylPaths = require('vinyl-paths');
62gulp.task('todo-delete', function() {
63    gulp.src('js/**/*.js')
64        .pipe(todo())
65        .pipe(gulpIf(function (file) {
66            return file.todos && Boolean(file.todos.length);
67        }, vinylPaths(del), gulp.dest('./'));
68});

Injecting the todo generated file into another template

If you want to inject the generated todo stream into another file (say a readme.md.template) you can do the following:

• Create readme.md.template file that contains the following marker, marking where you want to inject the generated todo file:

1### some previous content
2<%= marker %>

• Use the following code to inject into that markdown, creating a markdown file with the generated todo:

1var fs = require('fs');
2var path = require('path');
3var gulp = require('gulp');
4var todo = require('gulp-todo');
5var template = require('lodash.template');
6var through = require('through2');
7
8gulp.task('default', function () {
9    gulp.src('./js/**/*.js')
10        .pipe(todo())
11        .pipe(through.obj(function (file, enc, cb) {
12            //read and interpolate template
13            var tmpl = fs.readFileSync('./readme.md.template', 'utf8');
14            var compiledTpl = template(tmpl);
15            var newContents = compiledTpl({
16                'marker': file.contents.toString()
17            });
18            //change file name
19            file.path = path.join(file.base, 'readme-new.md');
20            //replace old contents
21            file.contents = new Buffer(newContents);
22            //push new file
23            this.push(file);
24            cb();
25        }))
26       .pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
27});

Supported Filetypes

See https://github.com/pgilad/leasot#supported-languages

API

todo(options)

options is an optional object, that may contain the following properties:

fileName

Specify the output filename.

Type: String

Default: TODO.md

verbose

Output comments to console as well.

Type: Boolean

Default: false

absolute

Output absolute paths of files (as available via file.path)

customTags

See customTags.

withInlineFiles

See withInlineFiles.

reporter

Which reporter to use.

All other params are passed along to the selected reporter (except verbose and fileName)

For options and more information about using reporters, see: https://github.com/pgilad/leasot#reporter and https://github.com/pgilad/leasot#built-in-reporters

Type: String|Function

Default: markdown

todo.reporter(reporter, options)

Use another reporter in stream, will replace the contents of the output file. Must be used after todo(), since it uses the file.todos that are passed along.

See the example in the usage

reporter

Same options as the above settings for reporter

options

Pass along options to the reporter, and also if you pass a fileName - it will rename the filename in stream.

License

MIT @Gilad Peleg