MsBuild task to precompile underscore.js templates and store them into a separate js file.

First of all it's necessary to include task:

<UsingTask TaskName="UnderscoreCompileTask"
    AssemblyFile="..\packages\Underscore.Templates.MsBuild.1.0.1\Underscore.Templates.MsBuild.dll" />

or

<Import Project="..\packages\Underscore.Templates.MsBuild.1.0.1\build\Underscore.Templates.MsBuild.targets" />

Run this task:

<ItemGroup>
	<TemplateFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\Scripts\Templates\*.html" />
</ItemGroup>

<UnderscoreCompileTask
    SourceFiles="@(TemplateFiles)"
    OutputFile="%(TemplateFiles.RelativeDir)compiledTemplates.js"
    Namespace="myApp.Templates"
    Interpolate="\{\{(.+?)\}\}"
    Evaluate="\{%([\s\S]+?)%\}"
    Escape="\{%-([\s\S]+?)%\}" />

Please check few more examples in examples folder.

SourceFiles - required, location of templates. Every templates needs to be stored in a separate file. file name without extension is template name.

OutputFile - required, location of compiled templates js file.

Namespace - optional, by default all templates will be stored in JST object like JST['myTemplate']. It's possible to override this behavior by using this parameter.

Interpolate, Evaluate, Escape - optional, see _.templateSettings description in underscorejs documentation.

License: MIT http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php