Breaking: Replace vinyl-fs watch/gaze with chokidar

docs/API.md

@@ -509,31 +509,42 @@ A single glob or array of globs that indicate which files to watch for changes.
 #### opts
 Type: `Object`
 
-Options, that are passed to [`gaze`][gaze].
+Options, that are passed to [`chokidar`][chokidar].
 
 #### fn
 Type: `Function`
 
 An [async](#async-support) function to run when a file changes.
 
-`gulp.watch` returns an `EventEmitter` object which emits `change` events with
-the [gaze] `event`:
+`gulp.watch` returns a wrapped [chokidar] FSWatcher object. If provided,
+the callback will be triggered upon any `add`, `change`, or `unlink` event.
+Listeners can also be set directly for any of [chokidar]'s events.
+
 ```js
 var watcher = gulp.watch('js/**/*.js', gulp.parallel('uglify', 'reload'));
-watcher.on('change', function(event) {
-  console.log('File ' + event.path + ' was ' + event.type);
+watcher.on('change', function(path, stats) {
+  console.log('File ' + path + ' was changed');
+  if (stats) {
+    console.log('changed size to ' + stats.size);
+  }
+});
+
+watcher.on('unlink', function(path) {
+  console.log('File ' + path + ' was removed');
 });
 ```
 
-##### event.type
+##### path
 Type: String
 
-The type of change that occurred, either "added", "changed" or "deleted".
+The relative path of the document.
 
-##### event.path
-Type: String
+##### stats
+Type: Object
 
-The path to the file that triggered the event.
+[File stats](http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_stats) object when available.
+Setting the `alwaysStat` option to true will ensure that a file stat object will be
+available.
 
 ### gulp.tree(options)
 
@@ -737,7 +748,7 @@ module.exports = new MyCompanyTasksRegistry();
 ```
 
 [Function.name]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/name
-[gaze]: https://github.com/shama/gaze
+[chokidar]: https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar
 [glob-stream]: https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-stream
 [glob-parent]: https://github.com/es128/glob-parent
 [gulp-if]: https://github.com/robrich/gulp-if

docs/recipes/handling-the-delete-event-on-watch.md

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Handling the Delete Event on Watch
 
-You can listen for `'change'` events to fire on the watcher returned from `gulp.watch`.
-
-Each change event has a `type` property. If `type` is `'deleted'`, you can delete the file
-from your destination directory, using something like:
+You can listen for `'unlink'` events to fire on the watcher returned from `gulp.watch`.
+This gets fired when files are removed, so you can delete the file from your destination
+directory, using something like:
 
 ```js
 'use strict';
@@ -24,16 +23,11 @@ gulp.task('scripts', function() {
 gulp.task('watch', function () {
   var watcher = gulp.watch('src/**/*.js', ['scripts']);
 
-  watcher.on('change', function (event) {
-    if (event.type === 'deleted') {
-      // Simulating the {base: 'src'} used with gulp.src in the scripts task
-      var filePathFromSrc = path.relative(path.resolve('src'), event.path);
-
-      // Concatenating the 'build' absolute path used by gulp.dest in the scripts task
-      var destFilePath = path.resolve('build', filePathFromSrc);
-
-      del.sync(destFilePath);
-    }
+  watcher.on('unlink', function (filepath) {
+    var filePathFromSrc = path.relative(path.resolve('src'), filepath);
+    // Concatenating the 'build' absolute path used by gulp.dest in the scripts task
+    var destFilePath = path.resolve('build', filePathFromSrc);
+    del.sync(destFilePath);
   });
 });
 ```

index.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var util = require('util');
 var Undertaker = require('undertaker');
 var vfs = require('vinyl-fs');
+var chokidar = require('chokidar');
 
 function Gulp() {
   Undertaker.call(this);
@@ -30,7 +31,15 @@ Gulp.prototype.watch = function(glob, opt, task) {
     fn = this.parallel(task);
   }
 
-  return vfs.watch(glob, opt, fn);
+  var watcher = chokidar.watch(glob, opt);
+  if (fn) {
+    watcher
+      .on('change', fn)
+      .on('unlink', fn)
+      .on('add', fn);
+  }
+
+  return watcher;
 };
 
 // Let people use this class from our instance

package.json

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   },
   "man": "gulp.1",
   "dependencies": {
+    "chokidar": "^1.0.5",
     "gulp-cli": "gulpjs/gulp-cli#4.0",
     "undertaker": "^0.12.0",
     "vinyl-fs": "^1.0.0"

test/watch.js

@@ -36,21 +36,38 @@ describe('gulp', function() {
       createTempFile(tempFile);
 
       var watcher = gulp.watch(tempFile, function(cb) {
-        watcher.end();
+        watcher.close();
         cb();
         done();
       });
 
       updateTempFile(tempFile);
     });
 
+    it('should execute the gulp.parallel tasks', function(done) {
+      var tempFile = path.join(outpath, 'watch-func.txt');
+
+      createTempFile(tempFile);
+
+      gulp.task('test', function(cb) {
+        watcher.close();
+        cb();
+        done();
+      });
+
+      var watcher = gulp.watch(tempFile, gulp.parallel('test'));
+
+      updateTempFile(tempFile);
+    });
+
+
     it('should call the function when file changes: w/ options', function(done) {
       var tempFile = path.join(outpath, 'watch-func-options.txt');
 
       createTempFile(tempFile);
 
-      var watcher = gulp.watch(tempFile, {debounceDelay: 5}, function(cb) {
-        watcher.end();
+      var watcher = gulp.watch(tempFile, function(cb) {
+        watcher.close();
         cb();
         done();
       });
@@ -66,14 +83,11 @@ describe('gulp', function() {
 
       createTempFile(tempFile);
 
-      var watcher = gulp.watch(relFile, {debounceDelay: 5, cwd: cwd})
-        .on('change', function(evt) {
-          should.exist(evt);
-          should.exist(evt.path);
-          should.exist(evt.type);
-          evt.type.should.equal('changed');
-          evt.path.should.equal(path.resolve(tempFile));
-          watcher.end();
+      var watcher = gulp.watch(relFile, {cwd: cwd})
+        .on('change', function(filepath) {
+          should.exist(filepath);
+          path.resolve(cwd, filepath).should.equal(path.resolve(tempFile));
+          watcher.close();
           done();
         });
 
@@ -93,12 +107,12 @@ describe('gulp', function() {
       gulp.task('task2', function(cb) {
         a += 10;
         a.should.equal(11);
-        watcher.end();
+        watcher.close();
         cb();
         done();
       });
 
-      var watcher = gulp.watch(tempFile, {debounceDelay: 25}, gulp.series('task1', 'task2'));
+      var watcher = gulp.watch(tempFile, gulp.series('task1', 'task2'));
 
       updateTempFile(tempFile);
     });
@@ -116,7 +130,7 @@ describe('gulp', function() {
       gulp.task('task2', function(cb) {
         a += 10;
         a.should.equal(11);
-        watcher.end();
+        watcher.close();
         cb();
         done();
       });