I'm currently getting the same error for all tasks that I run via grunt.
Initializing
Command-line options: --verbose
Reading "Gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK
Registering Gruntfile tasks.
Reading package.json...OK
Parsing package.json...OK
Initializing config...OK
Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...OK
+ build,default,nick,server,test
No tasks specified, running default tasks.
Running tasks: default
Running "default" task
Warning: Task "undefined" not found. Use --force to continue.
The last warning happens for any task I run.
Grunfile.js(important stuff):
...
grunt.initConfig({
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc'
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'!<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/libs/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
...
});
...
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
grunt.registerTask('nick', [ ]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'jshint'
]);
running jshint by itself works fine..
grunt jshint
>Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task
>> 52 files lint free.
>>
>>Done, without errors.
Done, without errors.
Any help? Let me know if there is any other info you need to help.
Nick.
Another potential cause of this problem is having double commas in a Gruntfile.js's registerTask section. For instance:
grunt.registerTask('dist', ['clean',, 'uglify:dist']);
Note that this will also produce the same error:
grunt.registerTask('dist', ['clean', /*unnecessarytask */, 'uglify:dist']);
I had the same issue and all I needed to do was update grunt with:
npm --global update grunt-cli
Related
I'm also going through Steven Foote's book Learning to Program and am currently on chapter 4, which uses Grunt. This post has a similar problem, but the problem is different (this person capitalized the "f" in Gruntfile.js).
I've seemed to have installed NPM and Node properly
npm#5.10.0 /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
andrews-macbook-air:Kittenbook Andrew$ node -v
v8.11.3
Here is my Gruntfile.js:
module.exports = function(grunt){
grunt.initConfig({
concat: {
release: {
src: ['js/values.js', 'js/prompt.js'],
dest: 'release/main.js'
}
},
copy: {
release: {
src: 'manifest.json',
dest: 'release/main.js'
}
},
jshint: {
files: ['js/values.js', 'js/prompt.js']
}
});
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-concat');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-copy');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
grunt.registerTasks('default', ['jshint', 'concat' 'copy']);
In checking to see if I did it correctly I run grunt jshint in the command line, but I get back an error
andrews-macbook-air:Kittenbook Andrew$ grunt jshint
Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...ERROR
>> SyntaxError: Unexpected string
Warning: Task "jshint" not found. Use --force to continue.
Aborted due to warnings.
Any ideas on what is going on?
If I use Grunt Task Runner with grunt-shell, I'm not able to exit the grunt using ctrl-c [SIGINT].
grunt.registerTask('serve', [
'less',
'autoprefixer',
'shell:hologram', // grunt-shell task
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
Here is how the shell is configured:
grunt.initConfig({
...
shell: {
options: {
failOnError: false
},
hologram: {
command: 'bundle exec hologram'
},
},
...
}
I had the same problem when I run Grunt from Git Bash. And my solution was to update to the latest version of git bash and exit with CTRL+SHIFT+C.
It is very likely that CTRL+SHIFT+C will suffice (even with older versions).
When I execute the clean task (grunt clean), everything works as expected but when I run the watch task (grunt test), I get the following error:
util.js:35
var str = String(f).replace(formatRegExp, function(x) {
^
RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
Here's my gruntfile
module.exports = (grunt) ->
grunt.initConfig
pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json')
clean: ['tmpDir/']
watch:
options:
spawn: false
src:
tasks: ['clean']
files: [
src: 'client/assets/strings/en/str.coffee'
]
# plugins
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-clean')
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch')
# tasks
grunt.registerTask('test', ['watch'])
Here's my package.json file:
{
"author": "Your Name <Your Email>",
"name": "app-name",
"description": "Application description",
"version": "0.0.1",
"homepage": "",
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": ""
},
"engines": {
"node": "~0.10.28"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "muffin server"
},
"dependencies": {
"coffee-script": "~1.1.2",
"express": "~3.0.6",
"chai": "~1.4.2",
"underscore": "~1.4.3",
"wd": "0.0.27"
},
"devDependencies": {
"express": "~3.0.6",
"grunt": "^0.4.5",
"grunt-contrib-coffee": "^0.11.1",
"grunt-contrib-copy": "^0.6.0",
"grunt-contrib-less": "^0.11.4",
"grunt-contrib-watch": "^0.6.1",
"requirejs": "~2.0.1"
}
}
The output when I run with --verbose is the following:
Note: replaced base path with ***
Initializing
Command-line options: --verbose
Reading "gruntfile.coffee" Gruntfile...OK
Registering Gruntfile tasks.
Reading package.json...OK
Parsing package.json...OK
Initializing config...OK
Registering "grunt-contrib-clean" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /***/node_modules/grunt-contrib-clean/package.json...OK
Parsing /***/node_modules/grunt-contrib-clean/package.json...OK
Loading "clean.js" tasks...OK
+ clean
Registering "grunt-contrib-watch" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /***/node_modules/grunt-contrib-watch/package.json...OK
Parsing /***/node_modules/grunt-contrib-watch/package.json...OK
Loading "watch.js" tasks...OK
+ watch
Loading "gruntfile.coffee" tasks...OK
+ test
Running tasks: test
Running "test" task
Running "watch" task
Waiting...
Verifying property watch exists in config...OK
Verifying property watch.src.files exists in config...OK
Warning: Object #<Object> has no method 'indexOf'
Running "watch" task
Waiting...
Verifying property watch exists in config...OK
Verifying property watch.src.files exists in config...OK
Warning: Object #<Object> has no method 'indexOf'
... many of these
Running "watch" task
Waiting...
Verifying property watch exists in config...OK
Verifying property watch.src.files exists in config...OK
Warning: Object #<Object> has no method 'indexOf'
(node) warning: Recursive process.nextTick detected. This will break in the next version of node. Please use setImmediate for recursive deferral.
(node) warning: Recursive process.nextTick detected. This will break in the next version of node. Please use setImmediate for recursive deferral.
... many of these
(node) warning: Recursive process.nextTick detected. This will break in the next version of node. Please use setImmediate for recursive deferral.
util.js:35
var str = String(f).replace(formatRegExp, function(x) {
^
RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
I finally figured out a similar problem I was having with spell. I was using
grunt.registerTask('spell', [ 'spell']);
The trick was that Grunt doesn't seem to like the repetition in names. When I switch to
grunt.registerTask('spellCheck', [ 'spell']);
Everything worked as it should.
may this help you
The files property takes an Array of file pattern strings. You've supplied an object it doesn't know how to interpret.
Change this:
files: [
src: 'client/assets/strings/en/str.coffee'
]
To this:
files: [
'client/assets/strings/en/str.coffee'
]
I use grunt-contrib-concat, but it doesn't appear to work.
All file are in the folder.
I used --verbose to see the details, but everything seems to be working correctly.
concat: {
options: {
// define a string to put between each file in the concatenated output
separator: ';'
},
dist: {
// the files to concatenate
src: [
//'assets/javascript/components/*.js',
'assets/javascript/components/jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.js',
'assets/javascript/components/spectrum.js',
'assets/javascript/components/prefixfree.min.js',
'assets/javascript/src/jquery.menu_css3.js'
],
// the location of the resulting JS file
dest: 'assets/javascript/jquery.<%= pkg.name %>.min.js'
}
},
Running the tasks with --verbose:
Running "concat" task
Running "concat:dist" (concat) task
Verifying property concat.dist exists in config...OK
Files: assets/javascript/src/jquery.menu_css3.js -> assets/javascript/jquery.menu_css3.min.js
Options: separator=";", banner="", footer="", stripBanners=false, process=false
Reading assets/javascript/src/jquery.menu_css3.js...OK
Writing assets/javascript/jquery.menu_css3.min.js...OK
File "assets/javascript/jquery.menu_css3.min.js" created.
Running "uglify" task
Running "uglify:dist" (uglify) task
Verifying property uglify.dist exists in config...OK
Files: assets/javascript/jquery.menu_css3.min.js -> assets/javascript/jquery.menu_css3.min.js
Options: banner="", footer="", compress={"warnings":false}, mangle={}, beautify=false, report=false
Minifying with UglifyJS...Reading assets/javascript/jquery.menu_css3.min.js...OK
OK
Writing assets/javascript/jquery.menu_css3.min.js...OK
File "assets/javascript/jquery.menu_css3.min.js" created.
I'm trying to use livereload with watch. I keep getting the message "Fatal error: Port 35279 is already in use by another process" . I've changed the port for livereload but then nothing reloads.
module.exports = function(grunt) {
grunt.initConfig({
pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
compass: {
dist: {
options: {
cssDir: 'stylesheets',
sassDir: 'stylesheets/sass/',
imagesDir: 'images',
javascriptsDir: 'scripts',
require: ['sass-globbing','modular-scale'],
force: true
}
}
},
cssmin: {
minify: {
expand: true,
cwd: 'stylesheets',
src: ['*.css', '!*.min.css'],
dest: 'stylesheets',
ext: '.min.css'
}
},
watch: {
options: {
livereload: true
},
sass: {
files: 'stylesheets/sass/*.scss',
tasks: ['compass']
},
css: {
files: 'stylesheets/*.css',
tasks: ['cssmin']
},
html: {
files: ['index.html','**/*.css']
}
}
});
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-compass');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-cssmin');
grunt.registerTask('default',['compass','watch']);
}
Add
<script src="//localhost:1337/livereload.js"></script>
to the page you want livereload on. 1337 being the port you set it to in the grunt file.
options: {
livereload: 1337
},
You can manually shutdown the livereload server in a bash/terminal window like so:
curl localhost:35279/kill
More info here: https://github.com/mklabs/tiny-lr
Are you using the Sublime Text and the LiveReload package? It's been known to cause this issue. If so, disable or uninstall the package in Sublime Text.
I use grunt on a vagrant VM so i need grunt to run on port 80, first i'll stop apache and start grunt serve and it works just fine.
Sometimes, however, grunt for some reason won't release the port after being stopped. For example: i usually stop grunt to edit the Gruntfile.js and start it again, but sometimes it won't start and will complain about someone using the por 80.
The only solution that has worked for me is to restart your shell session and try again.
I use ZSH and i noticed that after grunt breaks if i try to exit the shell ZSH complains about 'pending jobs', but if i exit anyways and restart the session and try grunt serve again it will work.
If you want to terminate the process using the port, you can do the following:
$ lsof -n -i4TCP:35729
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
node 15723 testuser 24u IPv6 0x71823b3990749ea5 0t0 TCP *:35729 (LISTEN)
Now you have the PID of the process that's listening on the port you're trying to access, so you can kill this with
$ kill -9 15723
and now running grunt should work just fine :)