--gulpfile and --cwd not working as expected

[trusktr]

Based on #122, I'm trying to use --gulpfile and --cwd without luck.

Are you trying to look up folders or down folders for a gulpfile?

I'm trying to look up folders.

I have this structure:

project # I want to run gulp in here
  package.json # has gulp dependency
  node_modules # local gulp install here
  src/ # source files
otherFolder
  gulpfile.js 

where project is the folder I'm in while at the command line, then I'm running this:

gulp --cwd ./ --gulpfile ../otherFolder/gulpfile.js

but it gives me this error:

trusktr@DESKTOP-7H13Q4E:/path/to/project$ gulp --cwd ./ --gulpfile ../otherFolder/gulpfile.js
[14:07:29] Local gulp not found in /path/to/project
[14:07:29] Try running: npm install gulp

although, gulp is installed in the project:

trusktr@DESKTOP-7H13Q4E:/path/to/project$ ls -ld node_modules/gulp/
drwxrwxrwx 0 root root 4096 Feb 11 12:41 node_modules/gulp/

What I'm really trying to do is use Builder to share common configuration across projects and packages, so I'd like to ship a gulpfile.js inside an NPM package and share it (this is called an "archetype" in Builder).

If I link my "archetype" package into my project, so that it will be inside of node_modules, and therefore I am looking down for the gulpfile, still no luck:

trusktr@DESKTOP-7H13Q4E:/path/to/project$ gulp --cwd ./ --gulpfile node_modules/builder-js-package/config/gulpfile.js
module.js:540
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'gulp'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:538:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:468:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:587:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/mnt/d/src/trusktr+builder-js-package/config/gulpfile.js:1:76)
    at Module._compile (module.js:643:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:654:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:556:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:499:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:491:3)

where builder-js-package is the name of my "archetype".

Basically, --gulpfile and --cwd just doesn't seem to work like expected.

[phated]

Don't believe this is possible because no one ever submitted a patch for gulpjs/liftoff#55.

I'm not particularly fond of creating separate gulpfiles in other packages and using them - instead, you should create a Custom Registry for gulp 4 and share that.

[phated]

Pinging @sttk to make sure I'm correct on that first part.