exorcist/README.md

# exorcist [![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/thlorenz/exorcist.png)](http://travis-ci.org/thlorenz/exorcist)

Externalizes the source map found inside a stream to an external `.js.map` file

```js
var browserify = require('browserify')
  , path       = require('path')
  , fs         = require('fs')
  , exorcist   = require('exorcist')
  , mapfile    = path.join(__dirname, 'bundle.js.map')

browserify()
  .require(require.resolve('./main'), { entry: true })
  .bundle({ debug: true })
  .pipe(exorcist(mapfile))
  .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(path.join(__dirname, 'bundle.js'), 'utf8'))
```

### command line example

```
browserify main.js --debug | exorcist bundle.js.map > bundle.js 
```

## Usage

```
exorcist <mapfile> <exorcist-options>

  Externalizes the source map of a file that is streamed into it by pointing it's source map url to the <mapfile>.
  The original source map is written to the <mapfile> as json.
  
OPTIONS:

  --root -r   The path to the original source to be included in the source map.   (default '')
  --url  -u   The path to the source map to which to point the sourceMappingURL.  (default <mapfile>)

EXAMPLE:

  Bundle main.js with browserify into bundle.js and externalize the map to bundle.js.map

    browserify main.js --debug | exorcist bundle.js.map > bundle.js 
```

## Installation

    npm install exorcist

## API


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<h4 class="name" id="exorcist"><span class="type-signature"></span>exorcist<span class="signature">(file, <span class="optional">url</span>, <span class="optional">root</span>)</span><span class="type-signature"> &rarr; {TransformStream}</span></h4>
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<p>Transforms the incoming stream of code by removing the inlined source map and writing it to an external map file.
Additionally it adds a source map url that points to the extracted map file.</p>
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<td class="name"><code>file</code></td>
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<span class="param-type">String</span>
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<td class="description last"><p>full path to the map file to which to write the extracted source map</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>url</code></td>
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<span class="param-type">String</span>
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<td class="description last"><p>allows overriding the url at which the map file is found (default: name of map file)</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>root</code></td>
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<span class="param-type">String</span>
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<td class="description last"><p>allows adjusting the source maps <code>sourceRoot</code> field (default: '')</p></td>
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<a href="https://github.com/thlorenz/exorcist/blob/master/index.js">index.js</a>
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<p>transform stream into which to pipe the code containing the source map</p>
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Type
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<span class="param-type">TransformStream</span>
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## License

MIT