Grunt Watch not working with file base set to subdirectory

Question

I'm having an issue where Grunt Watch is not working with my subdirectory using Grunt. Here's my directory setup:

/home
  --/repos
      --/common
        --/node_modules
        -- gruntfile.js
        -- package.json

And I've set the base manually to the home directory in my gruntfile:

grunt.file.setBase('../../');

I'd like to keep my gruntfile located in this directory for working with other folks on my team and not use multiple gruntfiles.

Running 'grunt' works just fine. However, when I have Grunt Watch running, I get an error when I update my files:

Waiting...OK
>> File "repos/common/js/controllers/UserCtrl.js" changed.

grunt-cli: The grunt command line interface. (v0.1.13)

Fatal error: Unable to find local grunt.

Here is the watch portion of my gruntfile:

watch: {

  // js
  js: {
    files: [
      'js/*.js',
      'js/controllers/*.js',
      'js/services/*.js',
      'js/lib/*.js',
      'm/js/*.js',
      'm/js/controllers/*.js',
      'm/js/services/*.js',
      'm/js/lib/*.js',
      'repos/common/js/controllers/*.js',
      'repos/common/js/services/*.js',
      'repos/common/js/lib/*.js',
    ],
    tasks: ['concat']
  },

  // css
  css: {
    files: [
      'repos/common/less/*.less',
      'm/less/*.less',
      'css/*.css',
      'repos/common/css/lib/*.css',
    ],
    tasks: ['newer:less', 'newer:cssmin', 'newer:concat_css']
  }
}

What on earth am I not getting here? Any help would be super appreciated!

Answer 1

You missed installing the grunt module

The grunt-cli is a different module to the actual grunt . I think you should install grunt (that is what is meant with the local error message) at the local directory or above where your gruntfile.js is located.