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Asked: 2026-05-25T05:58:09+00:00

I have this code which takes all the files in the folder collection and

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I have this code which takes all the files in the folder collection and merges them with the covers.js file. The problem is there are 2 files inside of collections that need to be merged below covers.
But possibly I may want to control the order of how the files are being merged from the collection
folder. IS there a dependency attribute I can use.

<target name="merge box">
    <echo>${box.file}</echo>
    <concat destfile="${box.file}" fixlastline="yes" append="no">
    <fileset dir="${js.src.dir}/components/covers/" includes="**/*.js"/>
    <fileset dir="${js.src.dir}/collection/" includes="**/*.js" excludes="base.js"/>
    </concat>
</target>

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I also tried this but still doesn’t work.

      <fileset dir="${js.src.dir}/collection" >
           <includesfile name="Templates.js" />
            <includesfile name="popup.js" />
            <includesfile name="popup-extend.js" />
        </fileset>

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Tried this and it works but it doesn’t hold the order of the include files.

<target name="merge box">
<echo>${box.file}</echo>
<concat destfile="${box.file}" fixlastline="yes" append="no">
<fileset dir="${js.src.dir}/components/covers/" includes="**/*.js"/>
<fileset dir="${js.src.dir}/collection" >
      <include name="Templates.js" />
      <include name="popup.js" />
      <include name="popup-extend.js" /> 
    </fileset>
    </concat>
</target>

popup-extend is meant to be merged below the popup code but its not doing that matter what order I put them in it will always put it in this order.

Templates
popup
popup-extend

The order I’m trying to get it in is

Templates
popup-extend
popup

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this:

    <target name="merge box">
    <echo>${box.file}</echo>
    <concat destfile="${box.file}" fixlastline="yes" append="no">
        <fileset dir="${js.src.dir}/components/covers/" includes="**/*.js"/>
        <fileset file="${js.src.dir}/collection/Templates.js" />
        <fileset file="${js.src.dir}/collection/popup.js" />
        <fileset file="${js.src.dir}/collection/popup-extend.js" />
    </concat>
</target>

    Or look here: How to preserve file order in Ant concat?

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