guard 0.7.0.rc1 → 0.7.0

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- Copyright (c) 2011 Thibaud Guillaume-Gentil
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- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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- a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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- "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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- without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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- distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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- permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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- the following conditions:
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- The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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- included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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- EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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- MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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- NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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- LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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- OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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+ Copyright (c) 2011 Thibaud Guillaume-Gentil
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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+ permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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+ the following conditions:
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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+ included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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+ NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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+ LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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+ OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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  WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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- Guard [![Build Status](http://travis-ci.org/guard/guard.png)](http://travis-ci.org/guard/guard)
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- =====
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- Guard is a command line tool that easily handle events on files modifications.
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-
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- If you have any questions please join us on our [Google group](http://groups.google.com/group/guard-dev) or on `#guard` (irc.freenode.net).
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-
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- Features
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- --------
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-
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- * [FSEvent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSEvents) support on Mac OS X 10.5+ (without RubyCocoa!, [rb-fsevent gem, >= 0.3.5](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-fsevent) required).
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- * [Inotify](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify) support on Linux ([rb-inotify gem, >= 0.5.1](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-inotify) required).
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- * [Directory Change Notification](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365261\(VS.85\).aspx) support on Windows ([rb-fchange, >= 0.0.2](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-fchange) required).
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- * Polling on the other operating systems (help us to support more OS).
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- * Automatic & Super fast (when polling is not used) files modifications detection (even new files are detected).
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- * Visual notifications on Mac OSX ([Growl](http://growl.info)), Linux ([Libnotify](http://developer.gnome.org/libnotify)) and Windows ([Notifu](http://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu)).
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- * Tested against Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.2, REE and the latest versions of JRuby & Rubinius.
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- Screencast
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- ----------
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-
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- Ryan Bates made a Railscast on Guard, you can view it here: http://railscasts.com/episodes/264-guard
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-
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- Install
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- -------
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- Install the gem:
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-
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- ``` bash
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- $ gem install guard
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- ```
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-
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- Or add it to your Gemfile (inside the `development` group):
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- ``` ruby
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- gem 'guard'
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- ```
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-
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- and install it via Bundler:
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-
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- ``` bash
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- $ bundle install
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- ```
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- Generate an empty Guardfile with:
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-
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- ``` bash
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- $ guard init
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- ```
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- You may optionally place a .Guardfile in your home directory to use it across multiple projects.
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- Also note that if a `.guard.rb` is found in your home directory, it will be appended to the Guardfile.
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- Add the guards you need to your Guardfile (see the existing guards below).
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-
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- ### On Mac OS X
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- Install the rb-fsevent gem for [FSEvent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSEvents) support:
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- ``` bash
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- $ gem install rb-fsevent
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- ```
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- You have two possibilities:
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- Use the [growl_notify gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/growl_notify) (recommended):
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- ``` bash
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- $ gem install growl_notify
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- ```
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- Use the [growlnotify](http://growl.info/extras.php#growlnotify) (cli tool for growl) + the [growl gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/growl).
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- ``` bash
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- $ brew install growlnotify
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- $ gem install growl
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- ```
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- And add them to your Gemfile:
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- ``` ruby
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- gem 'rb-fsevent'
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- gem 'growl_notify' # or gem 'growl'
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- ```
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- The difference between growl and growl_notify is that growl_notify uses AppleScript to
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- display a message, whereas growl uses the `growlnotify` command. In general the AppleScript
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- approach is preferred, but you may also use the older growl gem. Have a look at the
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- [Guard Wiki](https://github.com/guard/guard/wiki/Use-growl_notify-or-growl-gem) for more information.
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- ### On Linux
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- Install the [rb-inotify gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-inotify) for [inotify](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify) support:
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- ``` bash
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- $ gem install rb-inotify
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- ```
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- Install the [libnotify gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/libnotify) if you want visual notification support:
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- ``` bash
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- $ gem install libnotify
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- ```
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- gem 'rb-inotify'
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- gem 'libnotify'
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- ```
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- ### On Windows
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- Install the [rb-fchange gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-fchange) for [Directory Change Notification](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365261\(VS.85\).aspx) support:
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- ``` bash
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- $ gem install rb-fchange
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- ```
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- Install the [win32console gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/win32console) if you want colors in your terminal:
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- ``` bash
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- ```
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- Install the [rb-notifu gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-notifu) if you want visual notification support:
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- ``` bash
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- $ gem install rb-notifu
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- ```
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- ``` ruby
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- gem 'rb-fchange'
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- gem 'win32console'
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- Usage
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- Just launch Guard inside your Ruby / Rails project with:
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- $ guard [start]
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- ```
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- ``` bash
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- $ bundle exec guard [start]
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- ```
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- Guard will look for a Guardfile in your current directory. If it does not find one, it will look in your `$HOME` directory for a .Guardfile.
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- Command line options
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- --------------------
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- ### `-c`/`--clear` option
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- Shell can be cleared after each change:
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- ``` bash
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- $ guard --clear
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- $ guard -c # shortcut
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- ```
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- ### `-n`/`--notify` option
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- ```
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- Notifications can also be disabled globally by setting a `GUARD_NOTIFY` environment variable to `false`
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- ### `-g`/`--group` option
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- Only certain guards groups can be run (see the Guardfile DSL below for creating groups):
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- ``` bash
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- $ guard --group group_name another_group_name
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- $ guard -g group_name another_group_name # shortcut
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- ```
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- ### `-d`/`--debug` option
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- Guard can be run in debug mode:
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- ``` bash
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- ```
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- Guard can watch in any directory (instead of the current directory):
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- ``` bash
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- $ guard --watchdir ~/your/fancy/project
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- ```
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- ### `-G`/`--guardfile` option
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- Guard can use a Guardfile not located in the current directory:
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- ``` bash
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- ```
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- $ guard help [TASK]
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- Interactions
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- **From version >= 0.7.0 Posix Signal handlers are no more used to interact with Guard. If you're using a version < 0.7, please refer to the [README in the v0.6 branch](https://github.com/guard/guard/blob/v0.6/README.md).**
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- When Guard do nothing you can interact with by entering a command + hitting enter:
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- * `stop|quit|exit|s|q|e + enter` - Calls each guard's `#stop` method, in the same order they are declared in the Guardfile, and then quits Guard itself.
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- * `reload|r|z + enter` - Calls each guard's `#reload` method, in the same order they are declared in the Guardfile.
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- * `pause|p + enter` - Toggle files modification listening. Useful when switching git branches.
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- * `just enter (no commands)` - Calls each guard's `#run_all` method, in the same order they are declared in the Guardfile.
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- Available Guards
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- A list of the available guards is present [in the wiki](https://github.com/guard/guard/wiki/List-of-available-Guards).
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- ### Add a guard to your Guardfile
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- Add it to your Gemfile (inside the `development` group):
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- ``` ruby
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- * `#group`: allows you to group several guards together. Groups to be run can be specified with the Guard DSL option `--group` (or `-g`). This comes in handy especially when you have a huge Guardfile and want to focus your development on a certain part. Guards that don't belong to a group are considered global and are always run.
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- * `#callback`: allows you to execute arbitrary code before or after any of the `start`, `stop`, `reload`, `run_all` and `run_on_change` guards' method. You can even insert more hooks inside these methods. Please [checkout the Wiki page](https://github.com/guard/guard/wiki/Hooks-and-callbacks) for more details.
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- * `#ignore_paths`: allows you to ignore top level directories altogether. This comes is handy when you have large amounts of non-source data in you project. By default .bundle, .git, log, tmp, and vendor are ignored. Currently it is only possible to ignore the immediate descendants of the watched directory.
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- Author
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- [Thibaud Guillaume-Gentil](https://github.com/thibaudgg)
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- Contributors
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- ------------
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- https://github.com/guard/guard/contributors
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+ Guard [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/guard/guard.png)](http://travis-ci.org/guard/guard)
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+ =====
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+
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+ Guard is a command line tool that easily handle events on files modifications.
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+
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+ If you have any questions please join us on our [Google group](http://groups.google.com/group/guard-dev) or on `#guard` (irc.freenode.net).
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+
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+ Features
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+ --------
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+
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+ * [FSEvent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSEvents) support on Mac OS X 10.5+ (without RubyCocoa!, [rb-fsevent gem, >= 0.3.5](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-fsevent) required).
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+ * [Inotify](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify) support on Linux ([rb-inotify gem, >= 0.5.1](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-inotify) required).
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+ * [Directory Change Notification](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365261\(VS.85\).aspx) support on Windows ([rb-fchange, >= 0.0.2](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-fchange) required).
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+ * Polling on the other operating systems (help us to support more OS).
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+ * Automatic & Super fast (when polling is not used) files modifications detection (even new files are detected).
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+ * Visual notifications on Mac OSX ([Growl](http://growl.info)), Linux ([Libnotify](http://developer.gnome.org/libnotify)) and Windows ([Notifu](http://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu)).
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+ * Tested against Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.2, REE and the latest versions of JRuby & Rubinius.
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+
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+ Screencast
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+ ----------
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+
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+ Ryan Bates made a Railscast on Guard, you can view it here: http://railscasts.com/episodes/264-guard
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+
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+ Install
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+ -------
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+ Install the gem:
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ gem install guard
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+ ```
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+
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+ Or add it to your Gemfile (inside the `development` group):
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+ ``` ruby
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+ gem 'guard'
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+ ```
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+
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+ and install it via Bundler:
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ bundle install
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+ ```
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+ Generate an empty Guardfile with:
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard init
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+ ```
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+
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+ You may optionally place a .Guardfile in your home directory to use it across multiple projects.
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+ Also note that if a `.guard.rb` is found in your home directory, it will be appended to the Guardfile.
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+
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+ Add the guards you need to your Guardfile (see the existing guards below).
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+
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+ ### On Mac OS X
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+
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+ Install the rb-fsevent gem for [FSEvent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSEvents) support:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ gem install rb-fsevent
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+ ```
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+
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+ You have two possibilities:
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+
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+ Use the [growl_notify gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/growl_notify) (recommended):
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ gem install growl_notify
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+ ```
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+
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+ Use the [growlnotify](http://growl.info/extras.php#growlnotify) (cli tool for growl) + the [growl gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/growl).
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ brew install growlnotify
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+ $ gem install growl
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+ ```
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+
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+ And add them to your Gemfile:
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+
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+ ``` ruby
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+ gem 'rb-fsevent'
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+ gem 'growl_notify' # or gem 'growl'
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+ ```
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+
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+ The difference between growl and growl_notify is that growl_notify uses AppleScript to
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+ display a message, whereas growl uses the `growlnotify` command. In general the AppleScript
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+ approach is preferred, but you may also use the older growl gem. Have a look at the
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+ [Guard Wiki](https://github.com/guard/guard/wiki/Use-growl_notify-or-growl-gem) for more information.
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+
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+ ### On Linux
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+
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+ Install the [rb-inotify gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-inotify) for [inotify](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify) support:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ gem install rb-inotify
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+ ```
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+
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+ Install the [libnotify gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/libnotify) if you want visual notification support:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ gem install libnotify
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+ ```
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+
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+ And add them to your Gemfile:
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+
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+ ``` ruby
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+ gem 'rb-inotify'
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+ gem 'libnotify'
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### On Windows
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+
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+ Install the [rb-fchange gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-fchange) for [Directory Change Notification](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365261\(VS.85\).aspx) support:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ gem install rb-fchange
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+ ```
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+
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+ Install the [win32console gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/win32console) if you want colors in your terminal:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ gem install win32console
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+ ```
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+
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+ Install the [rb-notifu gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-notifu) if you want visual notification support:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ gem install rb-notifu
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+ ```
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+
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+ And add them to your Gemfile:
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+
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+ ``` ruby
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+ gem 'rb-fchange'
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+ gem 'rb-notifu'
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+ gem 'win32console'
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+ ```
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+
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+ Usage
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+ -----
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+
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+ Just launch Guard inside your Ruby / Rails project with:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard [start]
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+ ```
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+
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+ or if you use Bundler, to run the Guard executable specific to your bundle:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ bundle exec guard [start]
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+ ```
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+
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+ Guard will look for a Guardfile in your current directory. If it does not find one, it will look in your `$HOME` directory for a .Guardfile.
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+
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+ Command line options
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+ --------------------
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+
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+ ### `-c`/`--clear` option
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+
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+ Shell can be cleared after each change:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard --clear
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+ $ guard -c # shortcut
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### `-n`/`--notify` option
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+
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+ Notifications (growl/libnotify) can be disabled:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard --notify false
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+ $ guard -n f # shortcut
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+ ```
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+
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+ Notifications can also be disabled globally by setting a `GUARD_NOTIFY` environment variable to `false`
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+
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+ ### `-g`/`--group` option
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+
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+ Only certain guards groups can be run (see the Guardfile DSL below for creating groups):
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard --group group_name another_group_name
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+ $ guard -g group_name another_group_name # shortcut
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### `-d`/`--debug` option
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+
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+ Guard can be run in debug mode:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard --debug
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+ $ guard -d # shortcut
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### `-w`/`--watchdir` option
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+
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+ Guard can watch in any directory (instead of the current directory):
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard --watchdir ~/your/fancy/project
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+ $ guard -w ~/your/fancy/project # shortcut
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### `-G`/`--guardfile` option
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+
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+ Guard can use a Guardfile not located in the current directory:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard --guardfile ~/.your_global_guardfile
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+ $ guard -G ~/.your_global_guardfile # shortcut
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+ ```
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+
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+ An exhaustive list of options is available with:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard help [TASK]
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+ ```
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+
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+ Interactions
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+ ------------
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+
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+ **From version >= 0.7.0 Posix Signal handlers are no more used to interact with Guard. If you're using a version < 0.7, please refer to the [README in the v0.6 branch](https://github.com/guard/guard/blob/v0.6/README.md).**
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+
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+ When Guard do nothing you can interact with by entering a command + hitting enter:
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+
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+ * `stop|quit|exit|s|q|e + enter` - Calls each guard's `#stop` method, in the same order they are declared in the Guardfile, and then quits Guard itself.
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+ * `reload|r|z + enter` - Calls each guard's `#reload` method, in the same order they are declared in the Guardfile.
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+ * `pause|p + enter` - Toggle files modification listening. Useful when switching git branches.
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+ * `just enter (no commands)` - Calls each guard's `#run_all` method, in the same order they are declared in the Guardfile.
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+
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+ Available Guards
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+ ----------------
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+
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+ A list of the available guards is present [in the wiki](https://github.com/guard/guard/wiki/List-of-available-Guards).
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+
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+ ### Add a guard to your Guardfile
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+
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+ Add it to your Gemfile (inside the `development` group):
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+
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+ ``` ruby
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+ gem '<guard-name>'
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+ ```
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+
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+ You can list all guards installed on your system with:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard list
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+ ```
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+
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+ Insert default guard's definition to your Guardfile by running this command:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ $ guard init <guard-name>
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+ ```
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+
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+ You are good to go, or you can modify your guards' definition to suit your needs.
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+
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+ Guardfile DSL
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+ -------------
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+
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+ The Guardfile DSL consists of the following methods:
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+
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+ * `#guard`: allows you to add a guard with an optional hash of options.
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+ * `#watch`: allows you to define which files are supervised by this guard. An optional block can be added to overwrite the paths sent to the guard's `#run_on_change` method or to launch any arbitrary command.
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+ * `#group`: allows you to group several guards together. Groups to be run can be specified with the Guard DSL option `--group` (or `-g`). This comes in handy especially when you have a huge Guardfile and want to focus your development on a certain part. Guards that don't belong to a group are considered global and are always run.
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+ * `#callback`: allows you to execute arbitrary code before or after any of the `start`, `stop`, `reload`, `run_all` and `run_on_change` guards' method. You can even insert more hooks inside these methods. Please [checkout the Wiki page](https://github.com/guard/guard/wiki/Hooks-and-callbacks) for more details.
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+ * `#ignore_paths`: allows you to ignore top level directories altogether. This comes is handy when you have large amounts of non-source data in you project. By default .bundle, .git, log, tmp, and vendor are ignored. Currently it is only possible to ignore the immediate descendants of the watched directory.
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+
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+ Example:
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+
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+ ``` ruby
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+ ignore_paths 'foo', 'bar'
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+
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+ group 'backend' do
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+ guard 'bundler' do
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+ watch('Gemfile')
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+ end
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+
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+ guard 'rspec', :cli => '--color --format doc' do
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+ # Regexp watch patterns are matched with Regexp#match
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+ watch(%r{^spec/.+_spec\.rb$})
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+ watch(%r{^lib/(.+)\.rb$}) { |m| "spec/lib/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
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+ watch(%r{^spec/models/.+\.rb$}) { ["spec/models", "spec/acceptance"] }
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+ watch(%r{^spec/.+\.rb$}) { `say hello` }
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+
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+ # String watch patterns are matched with simple '=='
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+ watch('spec/spec_helper.rb') { "spec" }
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ group 'frontend' do
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+ guard 'coffeescript', :output => 'public/javascripts/compiled' do
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+ watch(%r{^app/coffeescripts/.+\.coffee$})
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+ end
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+
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+ guard 'livereload' do
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+ watch(%r{^app/.+\.(erb|haml)$})
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+ end
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+ end
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+ ```
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+
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+ Using a Guardfile without the `guard` binary
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+ --------------------------------------------
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+
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+ The Guardfile DSL can also be used in a programmatic fashion by calling directly `Guard::Dsl.evaluate_guardfile`.
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+ Available options are as follow:
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+
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+ * `:guardfile` - The path to a valid Guardfile.
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+ * `:guardfile_contents` - A string representing the content of a valid Guardfile
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+
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+ Remember, without any options given, Guard will look for a Guardfile in your current directory and if it does not find one, it will look for it in your `$HOME` directory.
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+
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+ For instance, you could use it as follow:
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+
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+ ``` ruby
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+ gem 'guard'
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+ require 'guard'
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+
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+ Guard.setup
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+
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+ Guard::Dsl.evaluate_guardfile(:guardfile => '/your/custom/path/to/a/valid/Guardfile')
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+ # or
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+ Guard::Dsl.evaluate_guardfile(:guardfile_contents => "
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+ guard 'rspec' do
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+ watch(%r{^spec/.+_spec\.rb$})
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+ end
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+ ")
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Listing defined guards/groups for the current project
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+
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+ You can list the defined groups and guards for the current Guardfile from the command line using `guard show` or `guard -T`:
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+
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+ ``` bash
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+ # guard -T
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+
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+ (global):
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+ shell
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+ Group backend:
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+ bundler
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+ rspec: cli => "--color --format doc"
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+ Group frontend:
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+ coffeescript: output => "public/javascripts/compiled"
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+ livereload
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+ ```
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+
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+ User config file
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+ ----------------
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+
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+ If a `.guard.rb` is found in your home directory, it will be appended to
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+ the Guardfile. This can be used for tasks you want guard to handle but
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+ other users probably don't. For example, indexing your source tree with
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+ [Ctags](http://ctags.sourceforge.net):
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+
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+ ``` ruby
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+ guard 'shell' do
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+ watch(%r{^(?:app|lib)/.+\.rb$}) { `ctags -R` }
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+ end
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+ ```
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+
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+ Create a new guard
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+ ------------------
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+
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+ Creating a new guard is very easy, just create a new gem (`bundle gem` if you use Bundler) with this basic structure:
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+
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+ ```
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+ .travis.yml # bonus point!
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+ CHANGELOG.md # bonus point!
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+ Gemfile
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+ guard-name.gemspec
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+ Guardfile
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+ lib/
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+ guard/
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+ guard-name/
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+ templates/
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+ Guardfile # needed for `guard init <guard-name>`
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+ version.rb
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+ guard-name.rb
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+ test/ # or spec/
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+ README.md
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+ ```
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+
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+ `Guard::GuardName` (in `lib/guard/guard-name.rb`) must inherit from `Guard::Guard` and should overwrite at least one of the five basic `Guard::Guard` instance methods.
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+
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+ Here is an example scaffold for `lib/guard/guard-name.rb`:
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+
390
+ ``` ruby
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+ require 'guard'
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+ require 'guard/guard'
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+
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+ module Guard
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+ class GuardName < Guard
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+
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+ def initialize(watchers=[], options={})
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+ super
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+ # init stuff here, thx!
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+ end
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+
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+ # =================
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+ # = Guard methods =
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+ # =================
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+
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+ # If one of those methods raise an exception, the Guard::GuardName instance
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+ # will be removed from the active guards.
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+
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+ # Called once when Guard starts
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+ # Please override initialize method to init stuff
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+ def start
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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+ # Called on Ctrl-C signal (when Guard quits)
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+ def stop
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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+ # Called on Ctrl-Z signal
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+ # This method should be mainly used for "reload" (really!) actions like reloading passenger/spork/bundler/...
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+ def reload
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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+ # Called on Ctrl-\ signal
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+ # This method should be principally used for long action like running all specs/tests/...
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+ def run_all
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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+ # Called on file(s) modifications
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+ def run_on_change(paths)
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ ```
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+
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+ Please take a look at the [existing guards' source code](https://github.com/guard/guard/wiki/List-of-available-Guards) for more concrete example and inspiration.
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+
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+ Alternatively, a new guard can be added inline to a Guardfile with this basic structure:
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+
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+ ``` ruby
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+ require 'guard/guard'
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+
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+ module ::Guard
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+ class InlineGuard < ::Guard::Guard
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+ def run_all
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+ true
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+ end
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+
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+ def run_on_change(paths)
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+ true
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
459
+ ```
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+
461
+ Here is a very cool example by [@avdi](https://github.com/avdi) : http://avdi.org/devblog/2011/06/15/a-guardfile-for-redis
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+
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+ Development
464
+ -----------
465
+
466
+ * Source hosted at [GitHub](https://github.com/guard/guard).
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+ * Report issues and feature requests to [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues).
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+
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+ Pull requests are very welcome! Please try to follow these simple "rules", though:
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+
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+ - Please create a topic branch for every separate change you make;
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+ - Make sure your patches are well tested;
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+ - Update the README (if applicable);
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+ - Update the CHANGELOG (maybe not for a typo but don't hesitate!);
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+ - Please **do not change** the version number.
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+
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+ For questions please join us on our [Google group](http://groups.google.com/group/guard-dev) or on `#guard` (irc.freenode.net).
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+
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+ Author
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+ ------
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+
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+ [Thibaud Guillaume-Gentil](https://github.com/thibaudgg)
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+
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+ Contributors
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+ ------------
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+
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+ https://github.com/guard/guard/contributors