gulp serve command modifying client/app/app.constant.js file

[siva3378]

When ever i'm executing gulp serve, it is modifiying app.constant.js file

Item	Version
generator-angular-fullstack	1.6.0
Node	v5.5.0
npm	3.3.12
Operating System	Windows 7

Item	Answer
Transpiler	Babel
Markup	HTML
CSS	CSS / LESS / SCSS / Stylus
Router	ui-router
Build Tool	Gulp
Client Tests	Jasmine
DB	MongoDB
Auth	Y

[siva3378]

duplicate of #1587

[siva3378]

I think even-though it is excluded, still this problem exists

gulp.task('lint:scripts:client', () => {
    return gulp.src(_.union(
    paths.client.scripts,
    _.map(paths.client.test, blob => '!' + blob),
    [`!${clientPath}/app/app.constant.js`]
)).pipe(lintClientScripts());
});

[Awk34]

Is there a reason that you think the app.constant.js file shouldn't be changed when running gulp serve?

[siva3378]

Yes, for some js global objects like d3 & moment, it better to register in constants right. So I will be putting in this app.constant.js file as follows

.constant('d3', d3)
.constant('moment', moment)
// d3 & moment are global objects

[Awk34]

That's not the purpose of that file. Look at the relevant Gulp code https://github.com/angular-fullstack/generator-angular-fullstack/blob/master/app/templates/gulpfile.babel(gulp).js#L610-L623 . It takes all the variables in server/config/environment/shared.js and writes them to a file. Anything in the file will be overwritten when you run the constant task again.

[siva3378]

ok Thank you Andrew. Its really great work.