Feature request : simple copy

[potsky]

As grunt does. This feature is essential to copy only wanted bower assets in the project.

I never include bower_components in distribution. But if CK update bower components, I need to manually copy wanted files to project... and then miss some if course !

[bdkjones]

... I don't understand. If you don't need certain bower assets in your project, don't install them in the first place.

[potsky]

Take Bootstrap example. You need Bootstrap in your project so you install it with bower. You don't want to publish all bower_components directory but only the javascript, css and fonts parts.

Here is the folder structure :

bower_components
sources
sources/js
sources/sass
www
www/js
www/css
www/fonts

In sources/js/main.js (minified to www/js/main-ck.js) :

//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/affix.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/alert.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/button.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/carousel.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/collapse.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/dropdown.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/tab.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/transition.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/scrollspy.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/modal.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/tooltip.js"
//@codekit-prepend "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/popover.js"

In sources/sass/main.css (minified to www/css/main.css) :

@import "../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap.scss";
body {
    background-color: #fff;
}

So if bower assets are updated, they will be recompiled next time : perfect.

But what about fonts/glyphicons ? I need to copy them manually. And for other assets, you often need to copy images, swf, etc...

With grunt, you can simply copy files from a location to an other one. I could be nice if we could do the same thing with CK ! With grunt, you just run grunt and you know that you don't bother with anything else, everything will be ok. I understand too that CK is not grunt. In grunt, I launch Unit Tests before publishing and I don't expect to do the same thing with CK. But copying assets is really close to include other assets parts in JS and SASS for example.

[fedosov]

+1

[road42]

+2 :)

[fedosov]

Ahh... Nice app, but I am switched to Gulp because of that :(

[jenux]

+1 I also try to figure out how do it, not sure how hooks works, is possible to do this requirement?

[fhickler]

+1 I saw this but haven't tried it: https://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/306685/Bash--Add-a-post-compile-hook-to-CodeKit

[pasevin]

i suppose this is not on the agenda? :] would be really cool to have this feature thou...

[bdkjones]

Oh, it's on the agenda; fear not.

[pasevin]

wow that was fast :] thanks for the reassurance!

[kylegillen]

+1

I'm feeling like a fiend over here waiting for CK3! Ahhh @bdkjones you've created this vicious Apple-esque anticipation around CodeKit.

"Just take my damn money!"