Grunt-preprocess is a Grunt plugin designed to streamline web development workflows by enabling conditional processing of HTML, JavaScript, and other text-based files based on specified environment configurations. This allows developers to easily manage different build targets, such as development, staging, and production, using a single codebase. The plugin utilizes directives within the source files to include or exclude sections of code or modify content based on predefined variables.
Comparing versions 4.0.0 and 3.0.1, the core functionality remains consistent, providing a reliable solution for preprocessing files. Both versions rely on the "preprocess" dependency (version ~2.0.0) for the actual templating logic and share the same development dependencies for testing and linting, including Grunt itself, nodeunit, clean, copy, and jshint. The peer dependency on Grunt (~0.4.0) ensures compatibility with the core Grunt task runner. The author and repository information also remain unchanged between the two versions.
The primary difference lies in the release date, with version 4.0.0 being released on December 17, 2013, a few months after version 3.0.1's release on September 4, 2013. While the provided data doesn't explicitly detail specific feature additions or bug fixes in version 4.0.0, the increased version number suggests that it might contain minor improvements, optimizations, or bug fixes over version 3.0.1, even if the core API and functionality remain the same. Developers should therefore evaluate release notes.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 4.0.0 of the package grunt-preprocess