Setup Check the git status to make sure that you're clean git status Note the status for later Run all Delete all amd/build directories: # Delete all build directories find . -type d -path '*/amd/build' | sort -r | xargs rm -rf Run grunt amd grunt amd Confirm that there were no changes (Compare against the one you noted earlier) git status Run all amd directories in forward order Delete all amd/build directories: find . -type d -path '*/amd/build' | sort -r | xargs rm -rf Build all directories: for amdDir in `find . -type d -path '*/amd'`; do cd $amdDir; grunt amd; cd -; done Confirm that there were no changes (Compare against the one you noted earlier) git status Run all amd directories in reverse order Delete all amd/build directories: find . -type d -path '*/amd/build' | sort -r | xargs rm -rf Build all directories in reverse: for amdDir in `find . -type d -path '*/amd' | sort -r`; do cd $amdDir; grunt amd; cd -; done Confirm that there were no changes (Compare against the one you noted earlier) git status Build a plugin in a subsystem Remove all amd/build directories in grade: find grade -type d -path '*/amd/build' | sort -r | xargs rm -rf Build just the gradingform_guide plugin cd grade/grading/form/guide grunt amd Confirm that only the gradingform/guide plugin was built : git status Expected output: Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)   deleted: ../../../amd/build/edittree_index.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/edittree_index.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/comparison.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/comparison.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/normalise.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/normalise.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/point.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/point.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/repository.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/repository.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/scale.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/scale.min.js.map deleted: ../rubric/amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel.min.js deleted: ../rubric/amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel.min.js.map   no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") Build just the subsystem: cd grade grunt amd Confirm that only files in grades/amd/build were built : git status Expected output: Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)   deleted: grading/form/rubric/amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel.min.js deleted: grading/form/rubric/amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel.min.js.map   no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")