Jekyll Stitch Plus

Easily package javascripts into a single file, with support for fingerprinting, uglification and CommonJS wrapping for easy modularization. This plugin is powered by Stitch Plus which is a fancy interface on top of Stitch-rb.

Install the Gem

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'jekyll-stitch-plus'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install jekyll-stitch-plus

Install the plugin

Add a ruby file (perhaps named jekyll-stitch-plus.rb) to your Jekyll plugins directory add add require 'jekyll-stitch-plus' to the top.

Next add {% javascript_tag %} to a template to render <script src='/javascripts/all.js'></script>

Configuration

Config Description Default
dependencies Array of files/directories to be added first as global javascripts nil
paths Array of directories where javascripts will be wrapped as CommonJS modules nil
output A path to write the compiled javascript 'all.js'
fingerprint Add a fingerprint to the file name for super cache busting power false
cleanup Automatically remove previously compiled files true
uglify Smash javascript using the Uglifier gem false
uglify_options Options for the Uglifier gem. See the docs for details. {}

To configure this plugin add Jekyll's YAML configuration file. Here's an example.

# Set Jekyll's env to enable/disable Uglifier
env: 'production'

stitch:
  dependencies: 
    - 'js/lib/jquery.js'
    - 'js/lib/underscore.js'
    - 'js/lib'        # globs the js/lib dir
  paths: 'js/modules' # globs the js/modules dir
  output: 'js/site.js'
  fingerprint: true

To uglify javascript output you must first install the uglifier gem then set your Jekyll environment to production. There are two ways to do this; either set env: production in your Jekyll config, or set your shell JEKYLL_ENV to 'production' (case does not matter).

Setting uglify: true (or false) in your Jekyll stitch config will always override any ENV setting.

If you're confused about paths and dependencies read this.

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Brandon Mathis

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.