alien

===

Require

* rsync (http://rsync.samba.org/)

Installation

``bash
$ npm install alien -g
`

Quick Start

before we run the commands of alien, we should have a project first

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(directory structure)
`
project
├─┬src
│ ├─┬scripts
│ │ └──...
│ └─┬styles
│ └──...
└─.config
`
you can checkout (https://github.com/purplecalm/alien.git) to get a test case

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before start server, make sure the working directory contains project
`bash
$ alien server
`

server has three modes, [SRC|DEV|PRD]
* SRC: source mode, return every file, esay to debug
* DEV: package mode, return files' package
* PRD: product mode, return minified code

`bash
$ alien server -m DEV
`

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packing exports files

(File .config) e.g
`javascript
{
"exports": [
"scripts/index.js",
"styles/index.css"
]
}
`

before run pack, make sure the project is working directory
`bash
$ alien pack
`

result
`
project
├─┬dev(package directory)
│ ├─┬scripts
│ │ └──index@dev.js
│ └─┬styles
│ └──index@dev.css
├─┬src
│ ├─┬scripts
│ │ └──...
│ └─┬styles
│ └──...
└─.config
`

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minify exports files

(File .config) e.g
`javascript
{
"exports": [
"scripts/index.js",
"styles/index.css"
]
}
`

before run min, make sure the project is working directory
`bash
$ alien min
`

result
`
project
├─┬prd(product directory)
│ ├─┬scripts
│ │ └──index@bc23723a6ebdd528a774264d37173293.js
│ └─┬styles
│ └──index@db47495f5329bd6a6df53228034d4746.css
├─┬ver(versions directory)
│ ├─┬scripts
│ │ └──index.js.ver (bc23723a6ebdd528a774264d37173293)
│ └─┬styles
│ └──index.css.ver (db47495f5329bd6a6df53228034d4746)
├─┬src
│ ├─┬scripts
│ │ └──...
│ └─┬styles
│ └──...
└─.config
`

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sync all package to target server

make sure you installed rsync (find it here http://rsync.samba.org/)

set dev environment in .config
(File .config) e.g
`javascript
{
"dev": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"path": "/home/q/www/project/"
}
}
`

before run sync
* make sure the project is working directory
* make sure you packed your project before
`bash
$ alien sync
`
we also run pack and sync together
`bash
$ alien pack && alien sync
`

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`
Aha!
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