Gulp 4 Tasks Must Return Their Work to Avoid Timing Bugs
Gulp 4 builds can finish before async work completes if tasks don’t return streams or promises; returning work makes dependencies explicit and prevents missing output.
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Gulp 4 builds can finish before async work completes if tasks don’t return streams or promises; returning work makes dependencies explicit and prevents missing output.
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