Gulp Remember

Overview

gulp-remember is an innovative plugin designed to enhance your gulp build process by remembering files that have passed through it. This tool is particularly useful when you want to maintain an efficient workflow, especially when working on different branches of a project that may contain substantially different files. By integrating seamlessly with other plugins such as gulp-cached, gulp-remember enables developers to optimize their build processes, ensuring that only the files that have changed are rebuilt while still allowing operations on all files in a set.

Using gulp-remember means you can streamline your build process, making it easier to manage dependencies and file changes. Imagine the ease of building once and being able to switch branches without worrying about the output being inconsistent with your expectations. This plugin truly embodies the concept of smart build tooling.

Features

• File Memory: Automatically remembers all files that have passed through the stream, allowing for seamless processing without re-initializing previous files.
• Selective Caching: Optionally specify a cache name (e.g., 'javascripts' or 'images') to manage different sets of files independently.
• Forget Specific Files: Easily remove specific files from the cache with the remember.forget(name, path) method, promoting better cache management.
• Wipe Cache: Complete cache reset can be performed with remember.forgetAll(name), ensuring clean state management when needed.
• Cache State Check: Retrieve the current state of the cache using remember.cacheFor(name), which is handy for verifying if a file has been seen before.
• Warning Mechanism: Built-in warnings are provided when trying to interact with caches that do not exist or when paths do not match expected criteria, helping to avoid errors in build scripts.