Use a different file name

[adamski]

I wish to change the generated file name, e.g. to index.js, is this possible? I don't want to call the json file index.json

[atticoos]

@adamski the best way to go about this would be to pipe it into gulp-rename.

@psalaets just added an Additional Usages section to the readme, i think this is a good candidate to also add since I believe this has been asked before. I'll keep this open as a reminder to add this example to the section

Example:

var gulp = require('gulp'),
    ngConfig = require('gulp-ng-config'),
    rename = require('gulp-rename');

gulp.task('build', function () {
  return gulp.src('config.json')
  .pipe(ngConfig('myApp.config'))
  .pipe(rename('index.js'))
  .pipe(gulp.dest('./src'));
});

[atticoos]

I don't want to call the json file index.json

Just realized you said the output file was index.json -- it should by default change the extension to .js. Was this not the case for you?

[adamski]

Thanks for the tip about rename, was using shell mv for this.

To clarify it is changing the extension to .js as it should be. Its just the filename I wanted to change.

[atticoos]

Cool. I'd definitely choose to suggest the "gulp way" of doing things and drop rename into the piping. Gulp promotes good separation of concerns by delegating a single responsibility to each member of the pipeline, and rename would follow well here!

Cheers

[atticoos]

I believe this is resolved, closing