multiple Gruntfilejs files - gruntjs

Question

I'm new to bower and grunt and I just started my first project with the below bower dependancies:
bower.json
{
"name": "test",
"version": "0.0.0",
"authors": [
""
],
"license": "MIT",
"ignore": [
"**/.*",
"node_modules",
"bower_components",
"test",
"tests"
],
"dependencies": {
"bootstrap-rtl": "~0.9.1",
"jquery-ui-bootstrap": "~0.2.5",
"jquery-ui": "~1.10.3",
"jquery": "~2.0.3"
},
"exportsOverride": {
"*": {
"js": "**/*.js",
"css": "**/*.css"
}
}
}
Gruntfile.js
module.exports = function(grunt) {
// Configuration goes here
grunt.initConfig({
bower: {
install: {
options: {
targetDir: './lib',
layout: 'byType',
install: true,
verbose: false,
cleanTargetDir: false,
cleanBowerDir: false,
bowerOptions: {}
}
}
}
//--end
});
// Load plugins here
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-bower-task');
// Define your tasks here
grunt.registerTask('default', ['bower']);
};
I noticed that bower_components/bootstrap-rtl/ contains another Gruntfile.js.
Is there away to call bower_components/bootstrap-rtl/Gruntfile.js from my Gruntfile.js before the bower:install?

Answer 1

You can use --gruntfile to determine the location of the Gruntfile.
Check out the CLI source code for more info.
Example use:
grunt jshint --gruntfile bower_components/bootstrap-rtl/Gruntfile.js
You could also use grunt-grunt, which I just wrote for this kind of scenario.
You configure it like this:
grunt.initConfig({
grunt: {
boots: {
gruntfile: 'bower_components/bootstrap-rtl/Gruntfile.js',
tasks: ['some', 'tasks']
}
}
});
Then you could just set up an alias, such as below:
grunt.registerTask('build', ['grunt:boots', 'compile']);
Hope it works for you.