Handlebars helper, alternative to built-in partials. Like Assemble itself, this helper will automatically determine the correct context to use, or a context may be explicitly passed in as a second parameter.

This helper was designed for usage with Assemble, initially as a response to this question on StackOverflow. Feel free to fork it and customize it for your own needs.

If you find a bug or have a feature request, please create an issue.

Use npm to install the package: npm i handlebars-helper-partial.

The easiest way to register the helper with Assemble is to add the module to devDependencies and keywords in your project's package.json:

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "handlebars-helper-partial": "*"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "handlebars-helper-partial"
  ]
}

Alternatively, to register the helper explicitly in the Gruntfile:

grunt.initConfig({
  assemble: {
    options: {
      // the 'handlebars-helper-partial' npm module must also be listed in
      // devDependencies for assemble to automatically resolve the helper
      helpers: ['handlebars-helper-partial', 'foo/*.js']
    },
    files: {
      'dist/': ['src/templates/*.hbs']
    }
  }
});

With the helper registered, you may now begin using it in your templates:

{{partial 'foo'}}

Optionally pass in a context as the second parameter:

{{partial 'foo' bar}}

Like Assemble itself, this helper attempts to automatically determine the correct context to use based on the data supplied, but a context can be explicitly passed as a second parameter.

This is how data is merged into the context, in order of precedence:

1. given context : a context explicitly passed as a second parameter, e.g. {{partial 'foo' bar}}, will win over other contexts.
2. YAML front matter : YAML front matter of the partial
3. opts.data[name] : JSON/YAML data file defined in Assemble options.data with a basename matching the name of the partial, e.g {{partial 'foo'}} matches foo.json
4. this : A context of this usually means either YAML front matter of the "inheriting" page or a block expression wrapping the helper
5. Assemble options : Custom properties defined in Assemble options
6. grunt.config.data : Data from grunt.config.data (e.g. pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'))

Besides the handlebars-helpers library, which includes more than 120 helpers, Here are some related projects you might be interested in from the Assemble core team.

• handlebars-helper-aggregate: {{aggregate}} handlebars helper. inlines content from multiple files optionally using wildcard (globbing/minimatch) patterns. uses YAML front matter as context for each file. optionally pass in a sorting function.
• handlebars-helper-autolink: {{autolink}} handlebars helper. Generate relative links from the "current page" to other dest pages.
• handlebars-helper-br: {{br}} Handlebars helper. Adds <br> tags to generated HTML. Great for prototyping.
• handlebars-helper-compose: {{compose}} handlebars helper. Similar to {{aggregate}}, but this is a block expression helper that inlines content from multiple files differently, extracting YAML front matter to pass to context for each file. Optionally use wildcard (globbing/minimatch) patterns. Accepts compare function as 3rd parameter for sorting inlined files.
• handlebars-helper-condense: Remove extra newlines from HTML content.
• handlebars-helper-disqus: {{disqus}} Handlebars helper. Simplifies adding Disqus comments to your site.
• handlebars-helper-eachitems: {{eachItems}} handlebars helper.
• handlebars-helper-ghbtns: {{ghbtn}} handlebars helper. Add github buttons (http://ghbtns.com) to your site.
• handlebars-helper-isActive: {{isactive}} handlebars helper. Adds an 'active' class to the 'current page'. Class can be customized.
• handlebars-helper-jade: {{jade}} handlebars helper, for converting basic Jade templates to HTML.
• handlebars-helper-less: {{less}} handlebars helper. This helper allows you to use LESS inside style tags in your HTML. By default, the resulting CSS will be rendered inside the <style>...</style> tags of the rendered HTML, but you may alternatively define a destination path using the dest hash option of the helper.
• handlebars-helper-lorem: {{lorem}} handlebars helper, for generating lorem lorem placeholder text.
• handlebars-helper-minify: {{minify}} handlebars helper, for minification of HTML with html-minifier.
• handlebars-helper-moment: {{moment}} handlebars helper. Combines the powers of Assemble, Handlebars.js and Moment.js into a great helper to master time.
• handlebars-helper-not: {{not}} handlebars helper. Conditionally render a block if the condition is false. This block helper is really just a semantic alternative to {{isnt}}
• handlebars-helper-paginate: {{paginate}} handlebars helper. Made for Assemble, the static site generator for Node.js, Grunt.js and Yeoman.
• handlebars-helper-pkg: {{pkg}} handlebars helper, for retrieving a value from your project's package.json
• handlebars-helper-post: {{post}} handlebars helper, for including a post, or a list of posts.
• handlebars-helper-prettify: {{prettify}} handlebars helper, for formatting ("beautifying") HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• handlebars-helper-process: {{process}} handlebars helper, for processing raw templates in included content, with the correct context
• handlebars-helper-rel: Handlebars helper for generating a relative link from the current page to the specified page.
• handlebars-helper-repeat: {{repeat}} handlebars helper, for duplicating a block of content n times.
• handlebars-helper-slugify: Convert strings into URL slugs.
• handlebars-helper-track: {{track}} handlebars helper. Simplify the process of adding Google analytics tracking codes to your web projects.
• handlebars-helper-twitter: Add {{tweet}} and {{follow}} buttons using handlebars helpers.
• handlebars-helper-uml: Embed UML diagrams in your handlebars template using www.websequencediagrams.com

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Copyright (c) 2013 Jon Schlinkert, contributors. Released under the MIT license

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