useFileContents option

README.md

@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ gulp.task('default', ['compile']);
 
 **extname**: [string|true|false] *output file extension including the '.' like path.extname(filename). Use `true` to keep source extname and a "falsy" value to drop the file extension*
 
+**useFileContents**: [true|false] *use file contents instead of file path (defaults to false) [Read more here](https://github.com/zimmen/gulp-twig/issues/30)*
+
 **functions**: [array] *extends Twig with given function objects. (default to undefined)*
 ```javascript
 [

index.js

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
     'use strict';
     options = Object.assign({}, {
       changeExt: true,
-      extname: '.html'
+      extname: '.html',
+      useFileContents: false,
+
     }, options || {});
 
     function modifyContents(file, cb) {
@@ -77,6 +79,11 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
             delete options.extend;
         }
 
+        if (options.useFileContents) {
+          var fileContents = file.contents.toString();
+          twigOpts.data = fileContents
+        }
+
         template = twig(twigOpts);
 
         try {

test/main.js

@@ -152,4 +152,26 @@ describe('gulp-twig', function () {
     twg.write(fakeFile);
   });
 
+  it('should use file contents if useFileContents option is enabled', function (done) {
+    var twg = twig({
+      useFileContents: true,
+      data: {
+        title: 'twig',
+      },
+    });
+
+    var fakeFile = new gutil.File({
+      base: 'test/',
+      cwd: 'test/',
+      path: path.join(__dirname, '/templates/file.twig'),
+      contents: new Buffer('{{ title }}'),
+    });
+
+    twg.on('data', function (newFile) {
+      String(newFile.contents).should.equal('twig');
+      done();
+    });
+    twg.write(fakeFile);
+  });
+
 });