Run grunt build command on Travis CI

Question

I am using Travis CI to test and build my project and as part of it I want travis to run grunt build i have tried the following but have had no luck.

Answer 1

You likely miss in your travis.yml file:

before_script:
  - npm install -g grunt-cli

Then "grunt whatever" should execute ok (assuming you do require grunt in your devDependencies in your package.json).

(see http://www.mattgoldspink.co.uk/2013/02/10/using-travis-ci-with-grunt-0-4-x/)