CLI Commands.md

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cli	CLI Commands

Global options

• --verbose - Print all messages including debug logs.
• --haul-inspector <true|false|"wait"> - Make Haul process attach to Haul inspector (use wait to make Haul process to wait for connection with inspector before proceeding). Check Using Haul inspector recipe for more info.
• --node-inspector <true|false|"wait"> - Make Haul process attach to Node debugger, similar to passing --inspect options (use wait for make Haul process to wait for connection with Node debugger before proceeding, similar to passing --inspect-brk). Check Debugging Haul process recipe for more info.

haul init

This creates haul.config.js file in your project directory which is required by Haul to function. The file contains the app's entry point used for creating the app bundle.

See Configuration for more details on haul.config.js.

haul start

This starts a packager server, which will build and serve the JavaScript development bundle for your React Native app.

Example: haul start --port 3030

You can specify following parameters to configure the server:

--eager <ios,android,...|true>

When present, the server will start compilation for given platforms without waiting for first request from the app.

Examples:

yarn haul start --eager ios # Prebuild bundle for iOS only
yarn haul start --eager # Prebuild bundle for all platforms
yarn haul start --eager ios,windows # Prebuild bundle for iOS and Windows only

--dev <true|false>

Whether to build in development mode, which sets the global __DEV__ variable to true, and process.env.NODE_ENV to development. true by default.

--minify <true|false>

Whether to minify the bundle while serving. This will make the bundling process slow due to extra minification step, and is false by default.

--port [number]

Port on which the server should run. Defaults to 8081.

--temp-dir <string>

Path to directory where to store temporary files. By default Haul will use a random temporary directory provided by the OS.

--config [path]

Path to Haul config. Defaults to haul.config.js.

--interactive <true|false>

If false, disables any user prompts and prevents the UI (which requires a TTY session) from being rendered - useful when running on CI. Defaults to true.

Alternative usage: --no-interactive (the same as --interactive false).

haul bundle

This generates the app bundle and assets for packaging the app.

Example: haul bundle --platform android --bundle-output build/index.bundle --assets-dest build/assets

You can specify following parameters to configure the bundle generation:

--platform <string>

The platform to build the bundle for.

--dev <true|false>

Whether to build in development mode. This is false by default.

--minify <true|false>

Whether to minify the bundle while serving. This is true by default when you are building in production mode.

--entry-file <string>

Path to the root JS file, either absolute or relative to JS root, e.g. - ./src/index.js.

--bundle-output <string>

Path to use for the bundle file. e.g. - build/index.android.bundle.

--assets-dest <string>

Path to the directory to store the assets. e.g. - build/assets.

--sourcemap-output <string>

Path to use for a source map file, e.g. - build/index.android.bundle.map.

--config [path]

Path to the webpack haul config. Defaults to haul.config.js.

haul ram-bundle

Generate the app bundle as a Random Access Memory bundle. For iOS platform (--platform ios) the bundle is a Indexed RAM bundle, where all JavaScript modules are contained in a single file. For Android (--platform android) the bundle is a File RAM bundle - the JS modules are stored separately in js-modules directory. You can overwrite this behavior by passing --indexed-ram-bundle, which will force Haul to create Indexed RAM bundle for Android.

You can read more about RAM bundles here: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/performance#enable-the-ram-format

Example: haul ram-bundle --platform android --bundle-output build/index.bundle --assets-dest build/assets

You can specify following parameters to configure the bundle generation:

--indexed-ram-bundle

Force the "Indexed RAM" bundle file format, even when building for android.

--platform <ios|android>

The platform to build the bundle for.

--dev <true|false>

Whether to build in development mode. This is false by default.

--entry-file <string>

Path to the root JS file, either absolute or relative to JS root, e.g. - ./src/index.js.

--minify <true|false>

Whether to minify the bundle while serving. This is true by default when you are building in production mode.

--bundle-output <string>

Path to use for the bundle file. e.g. - build/index.android.bundle.

--assets-dest <string>

Path to the directory to store the assets. e.g. - build/assets.

--sourcemap-output <string>

Path to use for a source map file, e.g. - build/index.android.bundle.map.

--config [path]

Path to the webpack haul config. defaults to haul.config.js.

reload

Sends reload request to all devices that enabled live reload.

--port <number>

Port on which the packager server is running. Defaults to 8081.