grunt-dependency-sort

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grunt-dependency-sort orders files in a path and replaces the minimatch path with an array of resolved file paths.

concat: {
    dist: {
        src     : '<%= meta.folders.js %>**/*.js',
        depsort : { key: 'src', ext: '.js', cwd: '<%= meta.folders.js %>' },
        dest    : '<%= meta.folders.js %>page.js'
    }
}

...

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-dependency-sort');

grunt.registerTask('default', ['depsort:concat:dist','concat:dist']);

Dependencies need to be defined in an _dependencies.json in base directory of current path. ( cwd: '<%= meta.folders.js %>' )

{
    "almond" : [
    ],

    "jquery" : [
    ],

    "underscore" : [
    ],

    "underscore.string" : [
        "underscore"
    ],

    "jquery.ui" : [
        "jquery"
    ]
}

Not mentioned and required files are appended to the ordered list.

• prepend & append options are supported
• minimatch for dependencies supported