Gulpfile for static templates

gulpfile.js

/*
Automation for crafting static templates. Features:
- Less for CSS
- Swig templates for HTML (optional, but useful if you have to repeat header, footer, etc.)
- Automatically reload page when Less or Swig files change
- Builds a release into a zip file

Requires the following structure:

.
├── app
|   └── images
├── gulpfile.js
├── less
│   └── styles_here.less
│   └── _partials_too.less
├── package.json
└── templates
    ├── your_swig_templates_here.html
    └── _partials_too.html
*/

var gulp = require('gulp');
var connect = require('gulp-connect');
var less = require('gulp-less');
var swig = require('gulp-swig');
var livereload = require('gulp-livereload');
var zip = require('gulp-zip');

gulp.task('connect', function () {
  connect.server({
    root: ['app', '.tmp']
  });
});

gulp.task('less', function () {
  gulp.src(['less/*.less', '!less/_*.less'])
    .pipe(less({
      paths: [__dirname + '/app/less']
    }))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('.tmp/css'))
    .pipe(livereload())
});

gulp.task('templates', function () {
  gulp.src(['templates/*.html', '!**/_*.html'])
    .pipe(swig({defaults: {cache: false}}))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('.tmp'))
    .pipe(livereload())
});

gulp.task('watch', ['connect'], function () {
  livereload.listen();
  gulp.watch('less/*.less', ['less']);
  gulp.watch('templates/*.html', ['templates'])
});

gulp.task('release', ['build'], function () {
  gulp.src(['app/**/*', '.tmp/**/*'])
    .pipe(zip('release.zip'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('.'));
});

gulp.task('build', ['less', 'templates']);
gulp.task('server', ['build', 'watch']);
gulp.task('default', ['build']);