File Versioner

Overview

File Versioner is a Node.js package that allows you to version your CSS, JS, or other specified files and update their associated links in HTML, PHP, or any other files containing these tags.

Installation

npm install file-versioner

Usage

Create a file-versioner.json file at the root of your project with the following structure:

{
  "folders": [
    {
      "folder": "path/to/your/folder",
      "filePath": ["path/to/your/file1.html", "path/to/your/file2.html"],
      "length": 8
    },
    {
      "folder": "path/to/another/folder",
      "filePath": "path/to/your/file.html",
      "updateInFile": false
    }
  ],
  "updateInFile": true,
  "filePath": ["path/to/default/file1.html", "path/to/default/file2.html"],
  "length": 6
}

Configuration

• folders: An array of objects specifying the folders to process.
• folder: The path to the folder containing files to versionize.
• updateInFile: (Optional) Boolean indicating whether to update links in files. Defaults to updateInFile from the root level, or false if not specified.
• filePath: (Optional) Path(s) to the file to update links. If not provided, filePath from the root level will be used.
• length: (Optional) Length of the version string. If not provided, length from the root level will be used. Defaults to 6 if not specified.
• filePath: Default path(s) to the file to update links.
• updateInFile: (Optional) Default boolean indicating whether to update links in files. Defaults to false if not provided.
• length: (Optional) Default length of the version string. Defaults to 6 if not provided.

Note

When the length parameter is set to 0, the filename will be generated without a version. This is useful for cases where versioning is no longer required.

Example file-versioner.json

{
    "folders": [
        {
            "folder": "public/assets"
        },
        {
            "folder": "public/images",
            "filePath": ["app/index.php", "app/another-file.php"],
        }
    ],
    "updateInFile": true,
    "filePath": "index.html",
    "length": 8
}

Running file-versioner

After setting up file-versioner.json, run the following command in your project directory:

npx file-versioner

Behavior

The file-versioner command will:

• Rename each file in the folder with a version string appended to its name.
• Optionally update links to these files in the specified filePath.

Author

Muneeb

Contact

For support or inquiries, please reach out to me at muneeb.creatives@gmail.com.

Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome !

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.