added --serial option as a synonym for sequential

Fixed #30

Author: sarbbottam

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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-A CLI tool to run multiple npm-scripts in parallel or sequential.
+A CLI tool to run multiple npm-scripts in parallel or sequential / serial.
 
 ```
 > npm-run-all clean lint build:*
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ Usage: npm-run-all [OPTIONS] [...tasks]
   Options:
     -h, --help                  Print this text.
     -p, --parallel [...tasks]   Run a group of tasks in parallel.
-    -s, --sequential [...tasks] Run a group of tasks sequentially.
+    -s, --sequential / --serial [...tasks] Run a group of tasks sequentially / serially.
     -v, --version               Print version number.
     --silent                    Set "silent" to the log level of npm.
 ```
 
-### Run tasks sequentially
+### Run tasks sequentially / serially
 
 ```
 npm-run-all build:html build:js
@@ -72,16 +72,21 @@ Of course, this works on **Windows** as well!
 npm-run-all clean lint --parallel watch:html watch:js
 ```
 
-1. First, this runs `clean` and `lint` sequentially.
+1. First, this runs `clean` and `lint` sequentially / serially.
 2. Next, runs `watch:html` and `watch:js` in parallell.
 
 ```
 npm-run-all a b --parallel c d --sequential e f --parallel g h i
 ```
+or
 
-1. First, runs `a` and `b` sequentially.
+```
+npm-run-all a b --parallel c d --serial e f --parallel g h i
+```
+
+1. First, runs `a` and `b` sequentially / serially.
 2. Second, runs `c` and `d` in parallell.
-3. Third, runs `e` and `f` sequentially.
+3. Third, runs `e` and `f` sequentially / serially.
 4. Lastly, runs `g`, `h`, and `i` in parallell.
 
 ### Run with arguments

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "npm-run-all",
   "version": "1.5.3",
-  "description": "A CLI tool to run multiple npm-scripts in parallel or sequential.",
+  "description": "A CLI tool to run multiple npm-scripts in parallel or sequential / serial.",
   "bin": "bin/npm-run-all.js",
   "files": [
     "bin",
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     "npm-scripts",
     "run",
     "sequential",
+    "serial",
     "parallel",
     "task"
   ],

src/bin/help.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Usage: npm-run-all [OPTIONS] [...tasks]
   Options:
     -h, --help                  Print this text.
     -p, --parallel [...tasks]   Run a group of tasks in parallel.
-    -s, --sequential [...tasks] Run a group of tasks in sequencial.
+    -s, --sequential / --serial [...tasks] Run a group of tasks in sequencial / serial.
     -v, --version               Print version number.
     --silent                    Set "silent" to the log level of npm.
 

src/bin/main.js

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ function parse(args) {
         switch (arg) {
             case "-s":
             case "--sequential":
+            case "--serial":
                 if (queue[queue.length - 1].parallel) {
                     queue.push({parallel: false, patterns: [], packageConfig});
                 }

test/mixed.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe("[mixed] npm-run-all", () => {
 
     beforeEach(removeResult);
 
-    it("should run a mix of sequential and parallel tasks (has the default group):", () =>
+    it("should run a mix of sequential / serial and parallel tasks (has the default group):", () =>
         command([
             "test-task:append a",
             "-p", "test-task:append b", "test-task:append c",
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe("[mixed] npm-run-all", () => {
         })
     );
 
-    it("should run a mix of sequential and parallel tasks (doesn't have the default group):", () =>
+    it("should run a mix of sequential / serial and parallel tasks (doesn't have the default group):", () =>
         command([
             "-p", "test-task:append b", "test-task:append c",
             "-s", "test-task:append d", "test-task:append e"

test/sequential.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe("[sequencial] npm-run-all", () => {
 
     beforeEach(removeResult);
 
-    describe("should run tasks on sequential:", () => {
+    describe("should run tasks sequentially / serially:", () => {
         it("lib version", () =>
             runAll(["test-task:append a", "test-task:append b"], {parallel: false})
                 .then(() => {