Gulp:Error while running from Visual Studio Post Build Event

Question

I am trying to run gulp default task on VS 2010 Post Build Event like

cd $(ProjectDir) gulp

But VS Freezes when i click on Build Solution while same is working fine on command window. Anyone faced this issue earlier or help me in this?

Answer 1

Edit: Visual Studio 2015 now has full support for gulp, with hooks to make it much easier to integrate.

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Old answer: This is because gulp-watch is a long-running process; it's watching files for changes, and so does not exit.

Perhaps on your post-build task, you could use something like cmdow to fire off the task in a separate process, which should let the build "finish" properly.