Should be pipe-able in a gulp chain, and the task helper should allow optional dependencies

[DesignByOnyx]

The library should be able to sit in between gulp.src and gulp.dest streams - just like other gulp plugins:

var compiler = require('can-compile/gulp');

gulp.task('cancompile', function () {
   return gulp.src('path/to/templates')
       .pipe( compiler('views.production.js') )
       .pipe( gulp.dest('path/to/dist') );
});

Also, the .task helper should allow for optional dependencies (notice [clean]):

var compiler = require('can-compile/gulp');
compiler.task('cancompile', {
    version: '2.2.7',
    src: 'glob/to/source/*/**'
    out: 'path/to/dest/views.templates.js'
}, gulp, ['clean']);

[Dbuggerx]

+1 that would be perfect!