Guard::Compat

Currently, provides only a test helper for testing custom Guard plugins.

Usage (in a Guard plugin)

In your gemspec:

s.add_dependency('guard-compat', '~> 1.0')

In all your plugin files (e.g. lib/guard/myplugin.rb):

# Don't require "guard/plugin" here or in any other plugin's files
require 'guard/compat/plugin'

module Guard
  class MyPlugin < Plugin
    # (...)
  end
end

IMPORTANT

1. Do not include any files from Guard directly (if you need something from Guard which Guard::Compat doesn't provide, file an issue)
2. Include 'guard/compat/plugin' in all your files which use Guard::Plugin
3. Make sure you include the < Plugin part in every file which adds classes or methods to your plugin class (important if your plugin consists of multiple files/sub class)
4. Remove requires from your spec_helper and explicitly add them to each test/file

And in your plugin tests (e.g. spec/lib/guard/myplugin_spec.rb):

require 'guard/compat/test/helper'
require 'guard/myplugin'

# And your tests instantiating your plugin go here...
RSpec.describe Guard::Myplugin do

Migrating your API calls

Guard::UI => Guard::Compat::UI (or Compat::UI for short) Guard::Notifier.notify => Guard::Compat::UI.notify

Guard::Watcher.match_files => Guard::Compat.matching_files (Watcher is otherwise unavailable - see Guard::Less template for passing patterns as plugin options)

New API

• Guard::UI.color => for creating ANSI colored text if currently enabled in Guard
• Guard::UI.color_enabled? => for checking if ANSI color output is currently enabled in Guard
• Guard::UI.watched_directories => compatible way of obtaining watched_directories (recommended instead of accessing Watcher patterns or pattern subgroup hacks)

(Open an issue if you feel something important is missing)

Example

See lib/guard/compat/example.rb for an example plugin implementation.

See spec/guard/compat/example_spec.rb for an example on how to test plugins using Guard::Compat.

See spec/guard/compat/example_template_spec.rb for an example on how to test plugin templates.

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/guard/guard-compat/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request