Sample grunt configuration

grunt.js

module.exports = function(grunt) {
  grunt.initConfig({
    // Javascript minification
    min : {
      code : {
        'src' : [
          'public/js/file1.js',
          'public/js/file2.js',
          'public/js/file3.js'
        ],
        dest : 'build/js/min.js'
      }
    },
    
    // CSS minification
    cssmin : {
      theme : {
        src : [
          'public/css/file1.css',
          'public/css/file2.css',
          'public/css/file3.css'
        ],
        dest : 'build/css/min.css'
      }
    },

    // HTML minification
    htmlcompressor : {
      compile : {
        files : [
          {
            src : 'public/index.php',
            dest : 'build/index.php'
          }
        ],
        options : {
          type: 'html',
          preserveServerScript: true
        }
      }
    },
    shell : {
      // Create a build folder based on public, remove the javascript/css
      createBuild : {
        command : 'rm -rf build; cp -R public build; rm -rf build/css/*.css build/js/*;'
      },
      // scp build/ to a remote host
      publish : {
        command : 'scp -r build remote_host:path/to/public'
      }
    }
  });

  // Require needed grunt-modules
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-sample');
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-css');
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-shell');
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-yui-compressor');
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-htmlcompressor');

  // Define tasks
  grunt.registerTask('deploy', 'shell:createBuild cssmin min htmlcompressor');
  grunt.registerTask('publish', 'shell:publish')
};