What It Does

Keeps an eye on a specified folder, waiting for HAML/SASS file changes. When a file was changed, it's re-generated in #{watch_folder}/output/ or #{watch_folder}/css/.

Usage

ruby watcher.rb watch_folder

Example

Running ruby watcher.rb /Users/Lebowski/Code/my_project will watch both both /Users/Lebowski/Code/my_project/haml/ and /Users/Lebowski/Code/my_project/sass/. When a contained HAML or SASS file is touched/saved, a new HTML or CSS file with the same basename is generated and saved in either /Users/Lebowski/Code/my_project/output/ (HTML) or /Users/Lebowski/Code/my_project/css/.

Fragments / Includes

Using the custom %include tag in HAML files you can include other HTML files. Think "fragments".

Example:

%h1 test omg
%include{ :file => "my_fragment" }
%h2 test lol

This will fetch the #{watch_folder}/output/my_fragment.html file and replace the %include tag/placeholder with its contents.

<h1>
  test omg
</h1>

<!-- INCLUDE: my_fragment START -->
<p>
  Fragment content stuff.
</p>
<!-- INCLUDE: my_fragment END -->

<h2>
  test lol
</h2>

It's a rather simple implementation. Again, it works for me, which is all I needed.

Dependencies

HAML & SASS, for obvious reasons. Also Hpricot. All are available as gems. You know where to look.

License

This code is released under the WTFPL.

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                   Version 2, December 2004

Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar
 14 rue de Plaisance, 75014 Paris, France
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as the name is changed.

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