Gulpsrc

Gulpsrc is an informal term used in the JavaScript build tooling community to denote the source-stream function exposed by the gulp task runner. It is not a separate package; gulpsrc refers to gulp.src, the API call that creates a readable stream of input files for a build pipeline. The function reads files that match one or more glob patterns and yields Vinyl file objects that downstream plugins can process.

Implementation and options: Gulpsrc is implemented by the core gulp package via the vinyl-fs library. It accepts a glob string or array and an optional options object. Common options include cwd to set the working directory, base to preserve folder structure, allowEmpty to avoid errors when no files match, since to skip files older than a given timestamp, and read to control whether contents are loaded into memory. By default it streams file metadata and contents, which downstream plugins can transform or move to gulp.dest.

Usage example:

const gulp = require('gulp');

function build() {

return gulp.src('src/**/*.{js,css}', { base: 'src', since: gulp.lastRun(build) })

.pipe(/* plugins */)

.pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));

}

Notes on ecosystem: Gulpsrc has been part of gulp since earlier versions and remains a common entry point in gulp pipelines. It relies on vinyl-fs and integrates with gulp.dest and plugins. While the term gulpsrc appears in tutorials and discussions, official docs usually present gulp.src directly. The concept is stable, with changes focused on option semantics and compatibility with gulp 3 and 4.