npm install runner

Runner can be started by using npm or npx commands.

Run with npm:

npm run build

where build is an npm script in the package.json which contains a runner command.

Run with npx:

npx runner

The runner command format:

runner [options] [<task>]

Available options:

These two commands are identical:

npx runner
npx runner --config runner.js

To run a webpack:build task from a custom configuration file:

npx runner -c tasks/develop.js webpack:build 

Without the task name starts the default task:

npx runner -c tasks/develop.js 

Add to the scope:

import runner from 'runner';

Create a simple task:

runner.task('make', function () {
    // some actions
});

More examples of tasks creation and execution are available in the cjs-runner package.

Add an alias to an existing task:

runner.alias('build', 'make');

Run task on a key or keys combination press:

runner.keystroke('build', 'ctrl+b');

To execute a specific task on some file changes:

runner.watch('src/script/**/*.js', 'webpack:build');

To execute a named or anonymous function:

runner.watch('src/script/**/*.js', function rebuild ( done ) {
    // function name "rebuild" is used as task name
    // otherwise <noname> is printed
    done();
});

To execute task series:

runner.watch('src/script/**/*.js', runner.serial('lint', 'build'));

Before calling runner.watch it's possible to configure the watch:

runner.watch.config = {
    // some configuration 
};

All available configurations you can see in the underlying chokidar package.

If you have any problems or suggestions please open an issue according to the contribution rules.

runner is released under the GPL-3.0 License.