Add new cli option

- The new cli option (-i / --no-interactions) allow to completely turn off any Guard terminal interactions

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### Improvements
 
+- Add cli option (-i / --no-interactions) to turn off Guard terminal interactions. ([@thibaudgg][])
 - Add support for Growl Notification Transport Protocol. ([@netzpirat][])
 - [#157](https://github.com/guard/guard/pull/157): Allow any return from the Guard watchers. ([@earlonrails][])
 - [#156](https://github.com/guard/guard/pull/156): Log error and diagnostic messages to STDERR. ([@sunaku][])

README.md

@@ -194,10 +194,22 @@ $ guard start -A
 $ guard start --watch-all-modifications
 ```
 
+### `-i`/`--no-interactions` option
+
+Turn off completely any Guard terminal [interactions](#interactions) with:
+
+``` bash
+$ guard start -i
+$ guard start --no-interactions
+```
+
 An exhaustive list of options is available with:
 
-    $ guard help [TASK]
+``` bash
+$ guard help [TASK]
+```
 
+<a name="interactions" />
 Interactions
 ------------
 

lib/guard.rb

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Guard
   autoload :Hook,         'guard/hook'
 
   class << self
-    attr_accessor :options, :interactor, :listener
+    attr_accessor :options, :interactor, :listener, :lock
 
     # Creates the initial Guardfile template or add a Guard implementation
     # Guardfile template to an existing Guardfile.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module Guard
       @options    = options
       @guards     = []
       @groups     = [Group.new(:default)]
-      @interactor = Interactor.new
+      @interactor = Interactor.new unless @options[:no_interactions]
       @listener   = Listener.select_and_init(@options[:watchdir] ? File.expand_path(@options[:watchdir]) : Dir.pwd, options)
 
       @options[:notify] && ENV['GUARD_NOTIFY'] != 'false' ? Notifier.turn_on : Notifier.turn_off
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ module Guard
 
       run_guard_task(:start)
 
-      interactor.start
+      interactor.start if interactor
       listener.start
     end
 
@@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ module Guard
     def run
       UI.clear if options[:clear]
 
-      @lock.synchronize do
+      lock.synchronize do
         begin
-          @interactor.stop_if_not_current
+          interactor.stop_if_not_current if interactor
           yield
         rescue Interrupt
         end
 
-        @interactor.start
+        interactor.start if interactor
       end
     end
 

lib/guard/cli.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ module Guard
                   :aliases => '-A',
                   :banner => 'Watch for all file modifications including moves and deletions'
 
+    method_option :no_interactions,
+                  :type => :boolean,
+                  :default => false,
+                  :aliases => '-i',
+                  :banner => 'Turn off completely any guard terminal interactions'
+
     # Start Guard by initialize the defined Guards and watch the file system.
     # This is the default task, so calling `guard` is the same as calling `guard start`.
     #

spec/guard_spec.rb

@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ describe Guard do
       ::Guard.should_receive(:debug_command_execution)
       ::Guard.setup(:debug => true)
     end
+
+    it "initializes the interactor" do
+      ::Guard.setup
+      ::Guard.interactor.should be_kind_of(Guard::Interactor)
+    end
+
+    it "skips the interactor initalization if no-interactions is true" do
+      ::Guard.interactor = nil
+      ::Guard.setup(:no_interactions => true)
+      ::Guard.interactor.should be_nil
+    end
   end
 
   describe ".guards" do