Appends a file's modified UNIX timestamp to a file URL to cache assets

npm install --save-dev gulp-rev-mtime

This example will take the example.html file and add rev tags to all files that are found in this file, with default options.

var gulp = require('gulp');
var rev = require('gulp-rev-mtime');

gulp.task('rev', function () {
	gulp.src('template.html')
		.pipe(rev())
		.pipe(gulp.dest('.'));
});

<link rel="stylesheet" href="main.min.css"/>

<script src="abc.js"></script>
<script src="def.js"></script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="main.min.css?v=1393322652000">

<script src="abc.js?v=1393321191000"></script>
<script src="def.js?v=1393321187000"></script>

This example will take the example.html file and add rev tags to all files that are found in this file with the custom options provided.

var gulp = require('gulp');
var rev = require('gulp-rev-mtime');

gulp.task('rev', function () {
	gulp.src('template.html')
		.pipe(rev({
		  'cwd': 'public/assets',
		  'suffix': 'rev',
		  'fileTypes': ['css']
		}))
		.pipe(gulp.dest('.'));
});

<link rel="stylesheet" href="main.min.css"/>

<script src="abc.js"></script>
<script src="def.js"></script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="main.min.css?rev=1393322652000">

<script src="abc.js"></script>
<script src="def.js"></script>

Type: String
Default: ''

Acts as a working directory for your assets, if your assets are not located in the root folder of the opened file.

Type: String
Default: 'v'

The name of the query parameter for versioning. Example: <script src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thomastuts/gulp-rev-mtime/master/def.js?v=1393321187000"></script>

Type: Array
Default: ['js', 'css']

You can choose which files to add version tags to. Use this option if you only want to add version tags to specific file types.

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