Gulp copy min file but not js/css

Question

I'm trying to copy all my assets into my public dir but I want all assets except JavaScript and CSS files cause they are concatenated and minified into prod.min.js and prod.min.css so I want to make two exception for min.js and min.css files.

I have tried this (only for JS for now)

gulp.src([src + '/**/*', src + '/**/*.min.js', '!' + src + '/**/*.js'])
          .pipe(gulp.dest(dest))

But it results in no JavaScript files at all.

How can do this?

Maybe you can find answer on your question here - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23384239/excluding-files-directories-from-gulp-task — lutien, Feb 26 '16 at 20:39
Thanks ! I see this answer but I want the exact opposite :D but can't manage how do it :( — jaumard, Feb 27 '16 at 14:06

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '16 at 14:30

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Create separate glob arrays for CSS and JS. Then you can be more selective in which get moved.

answered Feb 25 '16 at 14:30

Adrian Lynch

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I can separate into 2 glob but my question will be the same, I want to exclude all js (or css) files except .min.js (or .min.css) – jaumard Feb 25 '16 at 16:41
Isn't it a case of just having `'/**/*.min.js'` – Adrian Lynch Feb 25 '16 at 16:46
no cause I want to copy all other assets like images, fonts... just want to know if there a way to do it in one task instead of 2 or 3 – jaumard Feb 25 '16 at 20:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '16 at 22:07

I am also dealing with this problem at the moment.

The way I patched it (it's a patch because it's not really an optimal solution) is by making two passes:

First pass -> move all (**/*.*) files and negate all js extensions (!**/*.js)
Second pass -> move only the minified files (**/*.min.js)

A quick task example:

gulp.task('move-min-not-src', [], function() {

    var paths = [
        [
            'source-folder/**/*.*',
            '!source-folder/**/*.js'
        ],
        [
            'source-folder/**/*.min.js'
        ]
    ];

    paths.forEach(function(path) {

        gulp.src(path)
            .pipe(
                gulp.dest('destination-folder/')
            );

    });

});

Gulp copy min file but not js/css

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