Can you remove a folder structure when copying files in gulp?

Question

If I use :

 gulp.src(['app/client/**/*.html'])
  .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));

The folder structure in which my .html files were in, is maintained in the dist folder, but I would like to remove the folder structure completely and just a flat hierarchy in my dist folder.

Answer 1

You could use gulp-rename to accomplish this:

var rename = require('gulp-rename');

gulp.src('app/client/**/*.html')
  .pipe(rename({dirname: ''}))
  .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));