Method for managing a dev and dist editions of a TiddlyWiki site using gulp.js

development_tiddlywiki.info.json

{
    "plugins": [
        "tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb",
        "tiddlywiki/filesystem",
        "tiddlywiki/codemirror",
        "tiddlywiki/highlight"
    ],
    "themes": [
        "tiddlywiki/vanilla",
        "tiddlywiki/snowwhite"
    ]
}

gulpfile.js

var gulp       = require('gulp');
var gutil      = require('gulp-util');
var scp        = require('scp');
var tiddlyWiki = require('tiddlywiki').TiddlyWiki;

// ./
// ├── mainsite/
// |   ├── tiddlers ~> ../development/tiddlers
// |   └── tiddlywiki.info
// └── development/
//     └── tiddlywiki.info

var editions = {
  dist: './mainsite',
  dev:  './development'
};

var distOutput = 'index.html';

function runTiddlyWiki() {
  var $tw = tiddlyWiki();
  $tw.boot.argv = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
  $tw.boot.boot();
}

gulp.task('dist', function() {
  runTiddlyWiki(editions.dist, '--rendertiddler', '$:/core/save/all', distOutput, 'text/plain');
});

gulp.task('server', function() {
  runTiddlyWiki(editions.dev, '--server');
});

gulp.task('deploy', ['dist'], function(done) {
  scp.send({
    file: distOutput,
    user: 'johndoe',
    host: 'example.com',
    path: 'path/to/www'
  }, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
    if (err) return done(err);
    gutil.log('Deployed ' + gutil.colors.blue(distOutput));
    done();
  });
});

mainsite_tiddlywiki.info.json

{
    "plugins": [
        "tiddlywiki/highlight"
    ],
    "themes": [
        "tiddlywiki/vanilla",
        "tiddlywiki/snowwhite"
    ]
}

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