increase default max buffer size

sindresorhus · Sep 25, 2016 · 3619e4c · 3619e4c
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diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Specify some options to be passed to the [.exec()](https://nodejs.org/api/child_
 - `setsid` boolean
 - `encoding` string *(Default: `'utf8'`)*
 - `timeout` number *(Default: `0`)*
-- `maxBuffer` number *(Default: `200 * 1024`)*
+- `maxBuffer` number *(Default: `1000 * 1000 * 10` → 10 MB)*
 - `killSignal` string *(Default: `'SIGTERM'`)*
 
 

diff --git a/tasks/shell.js b/tasks/shell.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ const exec = require('child_process').exec;
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const npmRunPath = require('npm-run-path');
 
+const TEN_MEGABYTES = 1000 * 1000 * 10;
+
 module.exports = grunt => {
 	grunt.registerMultiTask('shell', 'Run shell commands', function () {
 		const cb = this.async();
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ module.exports = grunt => {
 			throw new Error('`command` required');
 		}
 
+		// increase max buffer
+		opts.execOptions = Object.assign({}, opts.execOptions);
+		opts.execOptions.maxBuffer = opts.execOptions.maxBuffer || TEN_MEGABYTES;
+
 		cmd = grunt.template.process(typeof cmd === 'function' ? cmd.apply(grunt, arguments) : cmd);
 
 		if (opts.preferLocal === true) {