load-grunt-config sample

aliases.yaml

default:
    - 'jshint'
    - 'notify'
    - 'watch'

Gruntfile.js

module.exports = function(grunt, options) {
    var path = require('path');
    require('load-grunt-config')(grunt, {
        configPath: path.join(process.cwd(), 'grunt'), //path to task.js files, defaults to grunt dir
        init: true, //auto grunt.initConfig
        config: { //additional config vars
            test: false
        },
        loadGruntTasks: { //can optionally pass options to load-grunt-tasks.  If you set to false, it will disable auto loading tasks.
            config: require('./package.json'),
            scope: ['devDependencies', 'dependencies'],
            pattern: ['grunt-*']
        }
    });
};

jshint.coffee

module.exports =  (grunt) ->
  all: [
    'Gruntfile.js'
  ]

notify.yaml

default:
  options:
    message: 'Default finished'

package.json

{
  "name": "load-grunt-config-example",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "Gruntfile.js",
  "dependencies": {
    "grunt": "~0.4.2",
    "grunt-notify": "~0.2.17",
    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.8.0",
    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.5.3",
    "grunt-notify": "~0.2.17",
    "load-grunt-config": "~0.7.1"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC"
}

run.sh

grunt

Direct yaml files load via require() is deprecated! Use safeLoad() instead.
Running "jshint:all" (jshint) task
>> 2 files lint free.

Running "notify:default" (notify) task

Running "watch" task
Waiting...

tree.sh

.
├── Gruntfile.js
├── grunt
│   ├── aliases.yaml
│   ├── jshint.coffee
│   ├── notify.yaml
│   └── watch.js
├── node_modules
└── package.json

watch.js

module.exports = {
  all: {
    files: [
      '<%= jshint.all %>',
      'grunt/*.yaml'
    ],
    tasks: [
      'default'
    ]
  }
};