# grunt-banner [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mattstyles/grunt-banner.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mattstyles/grunt-banner) > Adds a simple banner to files ## Getting Started This plugin requires Grunt `~0.4.1` If you haven't used [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/) before, be sure to check out the [Getting Started](http://gruntjs.com/getting-started) guide, as it explains how to create a [Gruntfile](http://gruntjs.com/sample-gruntfile) as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command: ```shell npm install grunt-banner --save-dev ``` Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript: ```js grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-banner'); ``` Or if you are using [matchdep](https://github.com/tkellen/node-matchdep) it will be included along with other `grunt-*` tasks by using this line of JS: ```js require('matchdep').filterDev('grunt-*').forEach(grunt.loadNpmTasks); ``` ## The "usebanner" task _grunt-banner renamed it’s task from `banner` to `usebanner` as a `banner` is often used to hold a banner template for a number of grunt plugins_ ### Overview In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named `usebanner` to the data object passed into `grunt.initConfig()`. The wildcard selector `*` is perfectly valid for selecting targets to add a banner to. ```js grunt.initConfig({ usebanner: { taskName: { options: { position: 'top' || 'bottom' banner: '// banner text <%= templates encouraged %>' }, files: { src: [ 'path/to/file.ext', 'path/to/another/*.ext' ] } } } }) ``` ### Options #### options.position Type: `String` Default value: `'top` Value range: `'top'` or `'bottom'` only The position to place the banner - _either_ the top or bottom (other values will default to top) #### options.banner Type: `String` Default value: `` The text to use as a banner. Templated strings are perfectly acceptable and encouraged. ### Usage Examples In this example an `appConfig` is read from a JSON file and used to populate a `banner` template which is then used by `grunt-banner` to place at the top of some files. Each file in the array will have the banner placed on to it and all `.js` files in the `/more-scripts/` folder will have a banner thanks to the `*` wildcard. ```js var appConfig = grunt.file.readJSON( 'app-config.json' ) || {}; grunt.initConfig({ banner: '/* <%= appConfig.info.name %> - version <%= appConfig.info.version %> - ' + '<%= grunt.template.today("dd-mm-yyyy") %>\n' + '<%= appConfig.info.description %>\n ' + '© <%= grunt.template.today("yyyy") %> <%= appConfig.info.author.name %> ' + '- <%= appConfig.info.author.email %> */\n', usebanner: { dist: { options: { position: 'top' banner: '<%= banner %>' }, files: { src: [ 'scripts/main-min.js', 'stylesheets/main-min.css', 'more-scripts/*.js' ] } } } }) ``` ### Notes `grunt-banner` simply adds the banner to the head or foot of the files that are specified by the array passed to `files.src`, it makes no attempt to see if a banner already exists and it is up to the user to ensure that the file should not already contain a banner. To this end it is strongly recommended to use the [grunt-contrib-clean](https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-clean) task and only add banners to production-ready code. ## Contributing In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/). ## Release History * 01.05.03 -- v0.1.4 -- Fix for wildcard selector * 01.05.13 -- v0.1.3 -- Added travis * 30.04.13 -- v0.1.0 -- Initial release of grunt-banner