grunt does not work plugin types that are inside another component

Setup Check the git status to make sure that you're clean git status Note the status for later Run all Delete all amd/build directories: # Delete all build directories find . -type d -path '*/amd/build' | sort -r | xargs rm -rf Run grunt amd grunt amd Confirm that there were no changes (Compare against the one you noted earlier) git status Run all amd directories in forward order Delete all amd/build directories: find . -type d -path '*/amd/build' | sort -r | xargs rm -rf Build all directories: for amdDir in `find . -type d -path '*/amd'`; do cd $amdDir; grunt amd; cd -; done Confirm that there were no changes (Compare against the one you noted earlier) git status Run all amd directories in reverse order Delete all amd/build directories: find . -type d -path '*/amd/build' | sort -r | xargs rm -rf Build all directories in reverse: for amdDir in `find . -type d -path '*/amd' | sort -r`; do cd $amdDir; grunt amd; cd -; done Confirm that there were no changes (Compare against the one you noted earlier) git status Build a plugin in a subsystem Remove all amd/build directories in grade: find grade -type d -path '*/amd/build' | sort -r | xargs rm -rf Build just the gradingform_guide plugin cd grade/grading/form/guide grunt amd Confirm that only the gradingform/guide plugin was built : git status Expected output: Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)   deleted: ../../../amd/build/edittree_index.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/edittree_index.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/comparison.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/comparison.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/normalise.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/normalise.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/point.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/point.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/repository.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/repository.min.js.map deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/scale.min.js deleted: ../../../amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel/scale.min.js.map deleted: ../rubric/amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel.min.js deleted: ../rubric/amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel.min.js.map   no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") Build just the subsystem: cd grade grunt amd Confirm that only files in grades/amd/build were built : grunt status Expected output: Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)   deleted: grading/form/rubric/amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel.min.js deleted: grading/form/rubric/amd/build/grades/grader/gradingpanel.min.js.map   no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")