vlt-watch watches a local folder for changes as you work, automatically adding and removing files from a remote JCR so you don't have to think about it.

This is a lightweight alternative to Brackets for AEM development.

1. From an AEM quickstart package

   • Follow the Adobe Experience Manager docs

2. From the JackRabbit FileVault project

   • See the Apache FileVault project page

3. With Homebrew on Mac

   • brew install vault-cli See Hombrew Documentation

Make sure it's accessible on the command line.

# which vlt
/usr/local/bin/vlt

(Install Node.js first if you haven't already)

# npm install -g vlt-watch

From your jcr_root folder, run the vlt-watch tool.

Watch the filesystem for changes and sync them with the remote JCR.
Usage: vlt-watch.js

Options:
  -h, --host      Remote host                 [default: "http://localhost:4502"]
  -u, --username  Username                                    [default: "admin"]
  -p, --password  Password                                    [default: "admin"]
  -r, --jcr_root  The path to your jcr_root folder                [default: "."]
  -c, --clean     Clean up .vlt files on exit                          [boolean]
  -f, --filter    The path to your META-INF/vault/filter.xml file. [default: ""]
  -H, --help      Print usage and quit.