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I have created a glob for gulp which ignores javascript and coffeescript files within a set of directories. I'd like it to copy all other files into a directory which works fine. The only problem is that when there are only javascript or coffeescript files it copies an empty folder. Any ideas how this glob could be amended to not copy empty folders?

gulp.task('copyfiles', function(){
    gulp.src('apps/*/static_src/**/!(*.js|*.coffee)')
        .pipe(gulp.dest('dest'));
});

Example source files:

apps/appname/static_src/images/image.jpg
apps/appname/static_src/js/script.js

Expected output:

dest/static_src/images/image.jpg

Current output:

dest/static_src/images/image.jpg
dest/static_src/js/

I have created a glob for gulp which ignores javascript and coffeescript files within a set of directories. I'd like it to copy all other files into a directory which works fine. The only problem is that when there are only javascript or coffeescript files it copies an empty folder. Any ideas how this glob could be amended to not copy empty folders?

gulp.task('copyfiles', function(){
    gulp.src('apps/*/static_src/**/!(*.js|*.coffee)')
        .pipe(gulp.dest('dest'));
});

Example source files:

apps/appname/static_src/images/image.jpg
apps/appname/static_src/js/script.js

Expected output:

dest/static_src/images/image.jpg

Current output:

dest/static_src/images/image.jpg
dest/static_src/js/

• javascript
• node.js
• gulp
• glob

Share Improve this question Follow edited Feb 26, 2016 at 15:03 Sven Schoenung 30.6k88 gold badges6767 silver badges7070 bronze badges asked Feb 26, 2016 at 14:30 AdamAdam 20944 silver badges1212 bronze badges 1

• Possible duplicate of Gulp copying empty directories – Sven Schoenung Commented Feb 26, 2016 at 14:43

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Since gulp.src accepts almost the same options as node-glob, you can add nodir: trueas an option:

gulp.src('apps/*/static_src/**/!(*.js|*.coffee)', { nodir: true })

This will preserve the dir structure from src, but omit empty ones.

gulp.task('copyfiles', function(){
    gulp.src(['apps/*/static_src/**/*','!apps/*/static_src/{js/, js/**}'])
        .pipe(gulp.dest('dest'));
});

I think you need a pattern '!apps/*/static_src/{js/, js/**}' that matches the directory as well as the files inside to prevent ommiting an empty directory. I am not sure if there is a pattern to match a directory only by specifying its content.

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