grunt watch/sass not working correctly - linux

Question

It is my first time trying to create a workflow with grunt I have manage to make almost all work but when I run grunt the watch task for sass does nothing just outputs that the file has changed and thats it no error code nothing
gruntfile.js:
'use strict';
module.exports = function(grunt) {
// All configuration goes here
grunt.initConfig({
//jekyll tasks
jekyll: {
//Builds jekyll to local development
dist: {
options: {
config: '_config_dev.yml',
dest: './_local',
}
},
//Builds jekyll for deploying
live: {
options: {
config: '_config.yml',
dest: './_live',
}
}
},
//jshint task
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc'
},
all: [
'./!Gruntfile.js',
'./assets/js/*.js',
'./assets/js/plugins/*.js',
'./!assets/js/scripts.min.js'
]
},
// Uglify
uglify: {
dist: {
files: {
'./assets/js/scripts.min.js': [
'./assets/js/plugins/*.js',
'./assets/js/_*.js'
]
}
}
},
//imagemin task
imagemin: {
dist: {
options: {
optimizationLevel: 7,
progressive: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: './img/',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg}',
dest: './img/'
}]
}
},
//svgmin task
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: './img/',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: './img/'
}]
}
},
//Sass tasks
sass: {
//Compiles sass to css for local test
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: 'assets/sass/',
src: ['**/*.scss'],
dest: 'assets/css/',
ext: '.css'
}]
},
//Compiles sass to css for live deployment
live: {
options: {
style: 'compressed'
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: 'assets/sass',
src: ['**/*.scss'],
dest: 'assets/css',
ext: '.css'
}]
},
//Compiles sass for browser sync
style: {
options: {
style: 'compressed'
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: 'assets/sass',
src: ['**/*.scss'],
dest: 'assets/css',
ext: '.css'
}]
},
},
//Watch tasks
watch: {
scss: {
files: 'assets/sass/*.scss',
task: ['clean', 'sass:dist'],
options: {
spaw: false,
},
},
style: {
files: 'assets/sass/*.scss',
task: ['sass:style'],
},
js: {
files: [
'<%= jshint.all %>'
],
tasks: ['jshint','uglify'],
},
jekyll: {
files: [
'_layouts/*.html',
'_includes/*.html',
'assets/css/main.css',
'*.html',
'*.md',
'_post/*.md'
],
tasks: ['jekyll:dist'],
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: true,
},
files: [
'_local/**'
],
},
},
//Clean task
clean: {
dist: [
'assets/css/main.css',
'assets/js/scripts.min.js'
]
},
//Server
connect: {
server : {
options: {
livereload: true,
base : './_local/',
port: 4000
}
}
}
});
// Load the plugins
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-imagemin');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-connect');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-svgmin');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jekyll');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-sass');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-clean');
// Custom tasks
grunt.registerTask('dev', ['clean', 'sass:dist', 'uglify', 'imagemin','svgmin', 'jekyll:dist', 'connect:server', 'watch']);
grunt.registerTask('default', ['clean', 'sass:live', 'uglify','imagemin', 'svgmin', 'jekyll:live']);
grunt.registerTask('css', ['clean', 'sass:dist', 'uglify', 'imagemin','svgmin', 'jekyll:dist', 'connect:server', 'watch:style']);
};
My file structure is the next:
gruntfile.js
assets/
css/
sass/
And this is the output of the terminal when running grunt dev task as you see nothing changes
┌[~/git/Nutricorp] [dev *]← →[*+?]
└[ % ± ]>> grunt dev -v O_O
Initializing
Command-line options: --verbose
Reading "Gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK
Registering Gruntfile tasks.
Initializing config...OK
Registering "grunt-contrib-watch" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-watch/package.json...OK
Parsing /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-watch/package.json...OK
Loading "watch.js" tasks...OK
+ watch
Registering "grunt-contrib-imagemin" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-imagemin/package.json...OK
Parsing /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-imagemin/package.json...OK
Loading "imagemin.js" tasks...OK
+ imagemin
Registering "grunt-contrib-connect" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-connect/package.json...OK
Parsing /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-connect/package.json...OK
Loading "connect.js" tasks...OK
+ connect
Registering "grunt-svgmin" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-svgmin/package.json...OK
Parsing /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-svgmin/package.json...OK
Loading "svgmin.js" tasks...OK
+ svgmin
Registering "grunt-contrib-jshint" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK
Parsing /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-jshint/package.json...OK
Loading "jshint.js" tasks...OK
+ jshint
Registering "grunt-contrib-uglify" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-uglify/package.json...OK
Parsing /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-uglify/package.json...OK
Loading "uglify.js" tasks...OK
+ uglify
Registering "grunt-jekyll" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-jekyll/package.json...OK
Parsing /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-jekyll/package.json...OK
Loading "jekyll.js" tasks...OK
+ jekyll
Registering "grunt-contrib-sass" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-sass/package.json...OK
Parsing /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-sass/package.json...OK
Loading "sass.js" tasks...OK
+ sass
Registering "grunt-contrib-clean" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-clean/package.json...OK
Parsing /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp/node_modules/grunt-contrib-clean/package.json...OK
Loading "clean.js" tasks...OK
+ clean
Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...OK
+ css, default, dev
Running tasks: dev
Running "dev" task
Running "clean" task
Running "clean:dist" (clean) task
Verifying property clean.dist exists in config...OK
Files: assets/css/main.css -> dist
Options: force=false, no-write=false
Options: force=false, no-write=false
Cleaning assets/css/main.css...OK
Running "sass:dist" (sass) task
Verifying property sass.dist exists in config...OK
Files: assets/sass/_config.scss -> assets/css/_config.css
Files: assets/sass/_grids.scss -> assets/css/_grids.css
Files: assets/sass/_main-page.scss -> assets/css/_main-page.css
Files: assets/sass/_menu.scss -> assets/css/_menu.css
Files: assets/sass/main.scss -> assets/css/main.css
Options: (none)
Writing assets/css/main.css...OK
File assets/css/main.css created.
Running "uglify" task
Running "uglify:dist" (uglify) task
Verifying property uglify.dist exists in config...OK
Files: [no src] -> ./assets/js/scripts.min.js
Options: banner="", footer="", compress={"warnings":false}, mangle={}, beautify=false, report="min"
>> Destination ./assets/js/scripts.min.js not written because src files were empty.
Running "imagemin" task
Running "imagemin:dist" (imagemin) task
Verifying property imagemin.dist exists in config...OK
Options: cache, optimizationLevel=7, progressive
Minified 0 images (saved 0 B)
Running "svgmin" task
Running "svgmin:dist" (svgmin) task
Verifying property svgmin.dist exists in config...OK
Options: (none)
Total saved: 0 B
Running "jekyll:dist" (jekyll) task
Verifying property jekyll.dist exists in config...OK
File: [no files]
Options: config="_config_dev.yml", dest="./_local"
`jekyll build --destination ./_local --config _config_dev.yml` was initiated.
Jekyll output:
Configuration file: _config_dev.yml
Source: /home/cruznick/git/Nutricorp
Destination: ./_local
Generating... done.
Running "connect:server" (connect) task
Verifying property connect.server exists in config...OK
File: [no files]
Options: protocol="http", port=4000, hostname="0.0.0.0", base="./_local/", directory=null, keepalive=false, debug=false, livereload, open=false, useAvailablePort=false, middleware=null
Started connect web server on http://0.0.0.0:4000
Running "watch" task
Waiting...Verifying property watch exists in config...OK
Verifying property watch.scss.files exists in config...OK
Verifying property watch.style.files exists in config...OK
Verifying property watch.js.files exists in config...OK
Verifying property watch.jekyll.files exists in config...OK
Live reload server started on port: 35729
Watching assets/sass/_config.scss for changes.
Watching assets/sass/_grids.scss for changes.
Watching assets/sass/_main-page.scss for changes.
Watching assets/sass/_menu.scss for changes.
Watching assets/sass/main.scss for changes.
Watching assets/sass/_config.scss for changes.
Watching assets/sass/_grids.scss for changes.
Watching assets/sass/_main-page.scss for changes.
Watching assets/sass/_menu.scss for changes.
Watching assets/sass/main.scss for changes.
Watching _layouts/main.html for changes.
Watching _includes/head.html for changes.
Watching _includes/menu.html for changes.
Watching assets/css/main.css for changes.
Watching index.html for changes.
Watching .git for changes.
Watching .sass-cache for changes.
Watching _includes for changes.
Watching _layouts for changes.
Watching _live for changes.
Watching _local for changes.
Watching _locales for changes.
Watching _plugins for changes.
Watching _posts for changes.
Watching assets for changes.
Watching img for changes.
Watching node_modules for changes.
Watching README.md for changes.
OK
>> File "assets/sass/_menu.scss" changed.
Live reloading assets/sass/_menu.scss...
Live reloading assets/sass/_menu.scss...
Completed in 0.002s at Thu Mar 27 2014 08:02:04 GMT-0600 (CST) - Waiting...
And I dont know why it doesnt work no error message any ideas thanks in advance
ps: also tried with grunt contrib compass and it didnt work i'm running archlinux with ruby 2.1.0p0 and sass and compass gems installed everything else works great
ps2: my shell is zsh if that is important

Answer 1

In your watch config you have task: instead of tasks:.
The key for specifying that property is plural.