Hate keeping version numbers and other properties up-to-date in multiple JSON package management files? Enter grunt-heritage. Automatically copy properties from a parent file (package.json) into child files (bower.json, component.json, etc.).

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

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-heritage --save-dev

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

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-heritage');

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

grunt.initConfig({
  heritage: {
    options: {
      parent: "package.json", // default
      properties: ["name", "description", "version"], // default
      children: ["bower.json"] // required
    }
  }
})

Type: String
Default value: 'package.json'

The file to pull properties from.

Type: Array
Default value: ['name', 'description', 'version']

The property names to copy into child files.

Type: Array
Default value: []

The files to write the parent properties to.

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.

0.1.0 - Initial release.