Run a command after a grunt task finishes? - gruntjs

Question

I want to run a command but after a task finishes in grunt.
uglify: {
compile: {
options: {...},
files: {...}
}
?onFinish?: {
cmd: 'echo done!',
// or even just a console.log
run: function(){
console.log('done!');
}
}
},
Either run a command in shell, or even just be able to console.log. Is this possible?

Answer 1

Grunt does not support before and after callbacks, but next version could implement events that would work in the same way, as discussed in issue #542.
For now, you should go the task composition way, this is, create tasks for those before and after actions, and group them with a new name:
grunt.registerTask('newuglify', ['before:uglify', 'uglify', 'after:uglify']);
Then remember to run newuglify instead of uglify.
Another option is not to group them but remember to add the before and after tasks individually to a queue containing uglify:
grunt.registerTask('default', ['randomtask1', 'before:uglify', 'uglify', 'after:uglify', 'randomtask2']);
For running commands you can use plugins like grunt-exec or grunt-shell.
If you only want to print something, try grunt.log.

Answer 2

The grunt has one of the horrible code that I've ever seen. I don't know why it is popular. I would never use it even as a joke. This is not related to "legacy code" problem. It is defected by design from the beginning.
var old_runTaskFn = grunt.task.runTaskFn;
grunt.task.runTaskFn = function(context, fn, done, asyncDone) {
var callback;
var promise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
callback = function (err, success) {
if (success) {
resolve();
} else {
reject(err);
}
return done.apply(this, arguments);
};
});
something.trigger("new task", context.name, context.nameArgs, promise);
return old_runTaskFn.call(this, context, fn, callback, asyncDone);
}
You can use callback + function instead of promise + trigger. This function will request the new callback wrapper for new task.