mainfiles does not support multiple files

[jedierikb]

According to bower spec, mainfiles can include multiple files https://github.com/bower/spec/blob/master/json.md#main http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20391742/what-is-the-main-file-property-when-doing-bower-init

However, with your utility we cannot provide a list of mainfiles for a library. This is problematic when libraries needed require developers to pick and choose a few different files.

[jedierikb]

moreover, it does not look like libraries' bower.json main:['this.js', 'that.js'] are being honored?

[tminglei]

@jedierikb can you refer to #7, and tell me whether it resolved your problem?

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p.s. in fact, browserify-bower already supported mainfile array, you can check related codes here.

[jedierikb]

When I try to load in a bower.json file with an array for main, it only loads in the first file. Regarding the code you linked to, if I test it like so:

['file_one.js', 'file_two.js'].filter(function(file) { return /\.js$/.test(file); })[0]

the function only returns file_one.js. I expected it to concatenate the files?

For example, I would like to be able to get all of the .js files from this project's main: https://github.com/amsul/pickadate.js/blob/master/bower.json or, using your tool, pick and choose which .js files I would like to include.

Apologies if I am missing something or doing something wrong and this is already supported or should be done differently.

[tminglei]

It only support one main file now, that I thought it should be. I'll try to enhance it ASAP.

[tminglei]

Well, it seems leading to some related problem when I tried to support multiple main files. I need more time to resolve it.

[tminglei]

@jedierikb well, I gave up to support multiple mainfile directly. Bower spec requires Only one file per filetype, so it's difficult to get a consistent behavior for multiple files per filetype.

To reference another file instead of the first one in the main, you can turn to specify it like comp_name/sub_dir/sub_name in your conf, which I called submodule and was already supported.

[jedierikb]

How do I pass in & specify the conf / submodule? Could you provide an example of how to do this? Sorry, I cannot figure it out. Thanks.

[tminglei]

In fact, you can find it in the README:

b.plugin('browserify-bower', {
    require: ['*', 'base62/lib/base62', 'base62/xxx:xxx'],
    external: {
        exclude: ['comp1', 'comp2']
    },
    alias: ['base62/lib/base62:base62'], // or alias: { 'base62/lib/base62':'base62', ... }
    mainfiles: { // specify the main file for packages without a bower.json
        'base62': 'main.js'
    }
});

here, base62 is an alias for submodule base62/lib/base62, and we specified a manifile main.js for it.

pls try it, and any problem pls let me know.

[jedierikb]

works. makes sense. much thanks.

[tminglei]

You're welcome. ;-)