How to import all tasks from another gulp file.js

Question

Is it possible to have one main gulpfile.js from which to call tasks from other gulp files.js? Simple "require" of child gulpfile.js into main one doesn't work. I have a platform project which includes several sub projects with separate gulpfiles, so I need a solution to manage all child gulpfiles from within main one

Answer 1

It is possible to have one main gulpfile.js from which to call tasks from other gulp files.js using the require-dir module. From the projects README use it like this:

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Split tasks across multiple files

If your gulpfile.js is starting to grow too large, you can split the tasks into separate files by using the require-dir module.

Imagine the following file structure:

gulpfile.js
tasks/
├── dev.js
├── release.js
└── test.js

Install the require-dir module:

npm install --save-dev require-dir

Add the following lines to your gulpfile.js file.

var requireDir = require('require-dir');
var dir = requireDir('./tasks');

Answer 2

I've create a special gulp-require-tasks module that will help you to split your gulpfile.js into separate smaller task files. Please see the README for example and documentation.

Please consider using it and let me know if it works for you! If you have any suggestions or ideas for improvement, I will gladly accept them.