Restore does not save order of files

[denieler]

Hi!

We've had a bug with modules order because of the issue in your restore function. It is not saving the order of files that was in gulp.src before.

Example:

return gulp.src(["file1.js", "file2.coffee", "file3.js"])
           .pipe(filterCoffee)
           .pipe(compileCoffeeFiles())
           .pipe(filterCoffee.restore)
           .pipe(concat(fileName))
           .pipe(gulp.dest(fileDir));

In this example, on some CPUs you'll have order file1, file3, file2 in the result.

But concat save order from gulp.src

[nfroidure]

Order will be preserved only if you use streams, this is a known issue with gulp and buffers gulpjs/gulp#300

[denieler]

@nfroidure wait, for concat it works, why it doesn't work for restore function for your plugin?

[nfroidure]

concat concats files as they come, gulp filter split them and feed 2 different streams which leads to concurrence issues i pointed out on gulp.

[nfroidure]

To be honest, i find it bad too, it should be fixed on Gulp itself. I gave a path on the Gulp issue to avoid it.

[denieler]

I had to use

.....
.pipe(gulpIf(fileCoffee, compileCoffee()))
.pipe(....

instead of your package because of this bug. Can you please add this to documentation of restore function? Because it is not clear. Thanks!

[nfroidure]

@denieler feel free to, i do not use Gulp anymore ;)