Guard yo Haml, guard yo html cuz they compilin errybody out here.

As the gem name suggests this is a guard extension. Make sure you get guard first.

Install the gem:

gem install guard-haml

Add it to your Gemfile if you're using bundler (you should)

gem 'guard-haml'

Add a basic guard setup:

guard init haml

If you want to change the output directory use the output option in your Guardfile, e.g.:

guard 'haml', :output => 'public' do
  watch %r{^src/.+(\.html\.haml)}
end

This output is relative to the Guardfile.

If you maintain your haml files in a directory that should not be part of the output path, you can set the input option, e.g.:

guard 'haml', :output => 'public', :input => 'src' do
  watch %r{^src/.+(\.html\.haml)}
end

So when you edit a file src/partials/_partial.html.haml it will be outputted in public/partials/_partial.html without the src.

If you want to pass options to the Haml engine, you can set the haml_options option, e.g.:

guard 'haml', :output => 'public', :input => 'src', :haml_options => { :ugly => true } do
  watch %r{^src/.+(\.html\.haml)}
end

This will produce compressed HTML. See Haml Reference for more details.

• Source is hosted on Github: guard-haml
• Report issues/questions/feature requests on the Github Issue tracker for guard-haml

Pull requests are welcome. Specs are very welcome, make sure you support both ruby 1.8.7 and ruby 1.9.2.