modd.conf

# Elm compiler is able to produce helpfully colorized error messages.
# Unfortunately these colors won't make it through webpack and elm-webpack-loader.
#
# As a workaround we can use modd alongside with webpack.
#
# And even then elm-make will output color-codes only if output goes to a terminal,
# not through a pipe. There are several ways to do this, see:
# https://github.com/cortesi/modd/issues/26
#
# Here we use the utility `unbuffer` from the the tool `expect`, which is available
# for most Linux distros and for OSX.
# https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/expect


### Create output directories

./dist {
    prep: mkdir -p dist
}

### Compile Elm source when changed

src/**/*.elm {

    # Using `unbuffer` keeps the compiler's output colorful.
    #    See here how to get `unbuffer` and about alternatives:
    #    https://github.com/cortesi/modd/issues/26
    prep: unbuffer elm make --yes --output dist/.modd.js src/Main.elm

    # If you don't have `unbuffer` please use the following line instead.
    # prep: elm make --yes --output dist/.modd.js src/Main.elm
}