Getting started with gulp

Ensure you have npm You need npm to install gulp.

If you've previously installed gulp... uninstall it now.

npm rm --global gulp

Which seems like an odd thing to do, in an aside... Looking through the history of gulp's getting started it looks like things have changed a bit over the years.

Running the above command resulted in this output for me:

- ansi-regex@2.1.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\ansi-regex
- ansi-styles@2.2.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\ansi-styles
- archy@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\archy
- arr-flatten@1.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\arr-flatten
- arr-diff@2.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\arr-diff
- array-differ@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\array-differ
- array-uniq@1.0.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\array-uniq
- array-unique@0.2.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\array-unique
- balanced-match@0.4.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\balanced-match
- beeper@1.1.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\beeper
- buffer-shims@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\buffer-shims
- clone@1.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\clone
- clone-stats@0.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\clone-stats
- concat-map@0.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\concat-map
- brace-expansion@1.1.6 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\brace-expansion
- core-util-is@1.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\core-util-is
- dateformat@2.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\dateformat
- defaults@1.0.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\defaults
- deprecated@0.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\deprecated
- escape-string-regexp@1.0.5 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\escape-string-regexp
- extend@3.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\extend
- filename-regex@2.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\filename-regex
- find-index@0.1.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\find-index
- first-chunk-stream@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\first-chunk-stream
- flagged-respawn@0.3.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\flagged-respawn
- for-in@0.1.6 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\for-in
- for-own@0.1.4 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\for-own
- fs-exists-sync@0.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\fs-exists-sync
- detect-file@0.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\detect-file
- glob2base@0.0.12 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\glob2base
- graceful-fs@1.2.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\globule\node_modules\graceful-fs
- inherits@1.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\globule\node_modules\inherits
- has-ansi@2.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\has-ansi
- inherits@2.0.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\inherits
- ini@1.3.4 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\ini
- interpret@1.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\interpret
- is-buffer@1.1.4 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-buffer
- is-dotfile@1.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-dotfile
- is-extendable@0.1.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-extendable
- is-extglob@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-extglob
- extglob@0.3.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\extglob
- is-glob@2.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-glob
- glob-parent@2.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\glob-parent
- glob-base@0.3.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\glob-base
- is-posix-bracket@0.1.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-posix-bracket
- expand-brackets@0.1.5 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\expand-brackets
- is-primitive@2.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-primitive
- is-equal-shallow@0.1.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-equal-shallow
- is-utf8@0.2.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-utf8
- is-windows@0.2.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-windows
- isarray@0.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\isarray
- isexe@1.1.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\isexe
- isarray@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\isobject\node_modules\isarray
- isobject@2.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\isobject
- kind-of@3.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\kind-of
- is-number@2.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-number
- lodash@1.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash
- lodash._basecopy@3.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash._basecopy
- lodash._basetostring@3.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash._basetostring
- lodash._basevalues@3.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash._basevalues
- lodash._getnative@3.9.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash._getnative
- lodash._isiterateecall@3.0.9 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash._isiterateecall
- lodash._reescape@3.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash._reescape
- lodash._reevaluate@3.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash._reevaluate
- lodash._reinterpolate@3.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash._reinterpolate
- lodash._root@3.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash._root
- lodash.assignwith@4.2.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.assignwith
- lodash.escape@3.2.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.escape
- lodash.isarguments@3.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.isarguments
- lodash.isarray@3.0.4 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.isarray
- lodash.isempty@4.4.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.isempty
- lodash.isplainobject@4.0.6 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.isplainobject
- lodash.isstring@4.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.isstring
- lodash.keys@3.1.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.keys
- lodash.mapvalues@4.6.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.mapvalues
- lodash.pick@4.4.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.pick
- lodash.restparam@3.6.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.restparam
- lodash.templatesettings@3.1.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.templatesettings
- lodash.template@3.6.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lodash.template
- lru-cache@2.7.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\lru-cache
- map-cache@0.2.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\map-cache
- minimatch@2.0.10 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\minimatch
- minimist@1.2.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\minimist
- minimist@0.0.8 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\mkdirp\node_modules\minimist
- mkdirp@0.5.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\mkdirp
- natives@1.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\natives
- graceful-fs@3.0.11 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\graceful-fs
- normalize-path@2.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\normalize-path
- object-assign@3.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\object-assign
- object.omit@2.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\object.omit
- ordered-read-streams@0.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\ordered-read-streams
- os-homedir@1.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\os-homedir
- expand-tilde@1.2.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\expand-tilde
- parse-glob@3.0.4 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\parse-glob
- parse-passwd@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\parse-passwd
- homedir-polyfill@1.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\homedir-polyfill
- path-root-regex@0.1.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\path-root-regex
- path-root@0.1.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\path-root
- preserve@0.2.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\preserve
- pretty-hrtime@1.0.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\pretty-hrtime
- process-nextick-args@1.0.7 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\process-nextick-args
- randomatic@1.1.6 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\randomatic
- regex-cache@0.4.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\regex-cache
- repeat-element@1.1.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\repeat-element
- repeat-string@1.6.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\repeat-string
- fill-range@2.2.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\fill-range
- expand-range@1.8.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\expand-range
- braces@1.8.5 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\braces
- micromatch@2.3.11 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\micromatch
- replace-ext@0.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\replace-ext
- resolve@1.2.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\resolve
- rechoir@0.6.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\rechoir
- semver@4.3.6 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver
- sequencify@0.0.7 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\sequencify
- sigmund@1.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\sigmund
- minimatch@0.2.14 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\globule\node_modules\minimatch
- glob@3.1.21 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\globule\node_modules\glob
- globule@0.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\globule
- gaze@0.5.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\gaze
- glob-watcher@0.0.6 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\glob-watcher
- sparkles@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\sparkles
- has-gulplog@0.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\has-gulplog
- glogg@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\glogg
- gulplog@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\gulplog
- stream-consume@0.1.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\stream-consume
- string_decoder@0.10.31 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\string_decoder
- readable-stream@1.1.14 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\readable-stream
- duplexer2@0.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\duplexer2
- multipipe@0.1.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\multipipe
- readable-stream@1.0.34 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\glob-stream\node_modules\readable-stream
- strip-ansi@3.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\strip-ansi
- strip-bom@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\strip-bom
- supports-color@2.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\supports-color
- chalk@1.1.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\chalk
- isarray@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\through2\node_modules\isarray
- tildify@1.2.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\tildify
- time-stamp@1.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\time-stamp
- fancy-log@1.3.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\fancy-log
- unc-path-regex@0.1.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\unc-path-regex
- is-unc-path@0.1.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-unc-path
- is-relative@0.2.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-relative
- is-absolute@0.2.6 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\is-absolute
- parse-filepath@1.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\parse-filepath
- fined@1.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\fined
- unique-stream@1.0.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\unique-stream
- user-home@1.1.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\user-home
- util-deprecate@1.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\util-deprecate
- readable-stream@2.2.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\through2\node_modules\readable-stream
- v8flags@2.0.11 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\v8flags
- vinyl@0.5.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\vinyl
- clone@0.2.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\vinyl-fs\node_modules\clone
- readable-stream@1.0.34 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\vinyl-fs\node_modules\readable-stream
- vinyl@0.4.6 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\vinyl-fs\node_modules\vinyl
- which@1.2.12 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\which
- global-prefix@0.1.5 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\global-prefix
- global-modules@0.2.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\global-modules
- resolve-dir@0.1.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\resolve-dir
- findup-sync@0.4.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\findup-sync
- liftoff@2.3.0 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff
- wrappy@1.0.2 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\wrappy
- once@1.3.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\once
- end-of-stream@0.1.5 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\end-of-stream
- orchestrator@0.3.8 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator
- inflight@1.0.6 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\inflight
- glob@4.5.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\glob
- xtend@4.0.1 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\xtend
- through2@0.6.5 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\vinyl-fs\node_modules\through2
- through2@2.0.3 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\through2
- gulp-util@3.0.8 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\gulp-util
- through2@0.6.5 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\glob-stream\node_modules\through2
- glob-stream@3.1.18 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\glob-stream
- vinyl-fs@0.3.14 node_modules\gulp\node_modules\vinyl-fs
- gulp@3.9.1 node_modules\gulp

Moving on...

Next... install gulp-cli.

npm install --global gulp-cli

This is being installed globally, so it's available all the time, not just for this project.

This resulted in....

+-- gulp-cli@1.2.2
	+-- archy@1.0.0
	+-- chalk@1.1.3
	| +-- ansi-styles@2.2.1
	| +-- escape-string-regexp@1.0.5
	| +-- has-ansi@2.0.0
	| | +-- ansi-regex@2.1.1
	| +-- strip-ansi@3.0.1
	| +-- supports-color@2.0.0
	+-- fancy-log@1.3.0
	| +-- time-stamp@1.0.1
	+-- gulplog@1.0.0
	| +-- glogg@1.0.0
	|   +-- sparkles@1.0.0
	+-- interpret@1.0.1
	+-- liftoff@2.3.0
	| +-- extend@3.0.0
	| +-- findup-sync@0.4.3
	| | +-- detect-file@0.1.0
	| | | +-- fs-exists-sync@0.1.0
	| | +-- is-glob@2.0.1
	| | +-- resolve-dir@0.1.1
	| |   +-- global-modules@0.2.3
	| |     +-- global-prefix@0.1.5
	| |     | +-- homedir-polyfill@1.0.1
	| |     | | +-- parse-passwd@1.0.0
	| |     | +-- ini@1.3.4
	| |     | +-- which@1.2.12
	| |     |   +-- isexe@1.1.2
	| |     +-- is-windows@0.2.0
	| +-- fined@1.0.2
	| | +-- expand-tilde@1.2.2
	| | +-- lodash.assignwith@4.2.0
	| | +-- lodash.isempty@4.4.0
	| | +-- lodash.pick@4.4.0
	| | +-- parse-filepath@1.0.1
	| |   +-- is-absolute@0.2.6
	| |   | +-- is-relative@0.2.1
	| |   |   +-- is-unc-path@0.1.2
	| |   |     +-- unc-path-regex@0.1.2
	| |   +-- map-cache@0.2.2
	| |   +-- path-root@0.1.1
	| |     +-- path-root-regex@0.1.2
	| +-- flagged-respawn@0.3.2
	| +-- lodash.mapvalues@4.6.0
	| +-- rechoir@0.6.2
	| +-- resolve@1.2.0
	+-- lodash.isfunction@3.0.8
	+-- lodash.isplainobject@4.0.6
	+-- lodash.isstring@4.0.1
	+-- lodash.sortby@4.7.0
	+-- matchdep@1.0.1
	| +-- findup-sync@0.3.0
	| | +-- glob@5.0.15
	| |   +-- inflight@1.0.6
	| |   | +-- wrappy@1.0.2
	| |   +-- inherits@2.0.3
	| |   +-- minimatch@3.0.3
	| |   | +-- brace-expansion@1.1.6
	| |   |   +-- balanced-match@0.4.2
	| |   |   +-- concat-map@0.0.1
	| |   +-- once@1.4.0
	| |   +-- path-is-absolute@1.0.1
	| +-- micromatch@2.3.11
	| | +-- arr-diff@2.0.0
	| | | +-- arr-flatten@1.0.1
	| | +-- array-unique@0.2.1
	| | +-- braces@1.8.5
	| | | +-- expand-range@1.8.2
	| | | | +-- fill-range@2.2.3
	| | | |   +-- is-number@2.1.0
	| | | |   +-- isobject@2.1.0
	| | | |   | +-- isarray@1.0.0
	| | | |   +-- randomatic@1.1.6
	| | | |   +-- repeat-string@1.6.1
	| | | +-- preserve@0.2.0
	| | | +-- repeat-element@1.1.2
	| | +-- expand-brackets@0.1.5
	| | | +-- is-posix-bracket@0.1.1
	| | +-- extglob@0.3.2
	| | +-- filename-regex@2.0.0
	| | +-- is-extglob@1.0.0
	| | +-- kind-of@3.1.0
	| | | +-- is-buffer@1.1.4
	| | +-- normalize-path@2.0.1
	| | +-- object.omit@2.0.1
	| | | +-- for-own@0.1.4
	| | | | +-- for-in@0.1.6
	| | | +-- is-extendable@0.1.1
	| | +-- parse-glob@3.0.4
	| | | +-- glob-base@0.3.0
	| | | | +-- glob-parent@2.0.0
	| | | +-- is-dotfile@1.0.2
	| | +-- regex-cache@0.4.3
	| |   +-- is-equal-shallow@0.1.3
	| |   +-- is-primitive@2.0.0
	| +-- resolve@1.1.7
	| +-- stack-trace@0.0.9
	+-- mute-stdout@1.0.0
	+-- pretty-hrtime@1.0.3
	+-- semver-greatest-satisfied-range@1.0.0
	| +-- semver@4.3.6
	| +-- semver-regex@1.0.0
	+-- tildify@1.2.0
	| +-- os-homedir@1.0.2
	+-- v8flags@2.0.11
	| +-- user-home@1.1.1
	+-- wreck@6.3.0
	| +-- boom@2.10.1
	| +-- hoek@2.16.3
	+-- yargs@3.32.0
		+-- camelcase@2.1.1
		+-- cliui@3.2.0
		| +-- wrap-ansi@2.1.0
		+-- decamelize@1.2.0
		+-- os-locale@1.4.0
		| +-- lcid@1.0.0
		|   +-- invert-kv@1.0.0
		+-- string-width@1.0.2
		| +-- code-point-at@1.1.0
		| +-- is-fullwidth-code-point@1.0.0
		|   +-- number-is-nan@1.0.1
		+-- window-size@0.1.4
		+-- y18n@3.2.1

...luckily that all checks out. (wtflolbbq)

Moving on, inside your project you are expected to run this command....

npm install --save-dev gulp

The --save-dev flag means gulp will be added to the dependencies of your package.json file (if you have one)

(Reminder: package.json is the file npm uses for describing a node package)

That gave me a LOT of output, which I'll break up and discuss in pieces...

Hmmm... gulp, the task runner, (transitively) depends on some very out of date things.

npm WARN deprecated minimatch@2.0.10: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue
npm WARN deprecated minimatch@0.2.14: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue
npm WARN deprecated graceful-fs@1.2.3: graceful-fs v3.0.0 and before will fail on node releases >= v7.0. Please update to graceful-fs@^4.0.0 as soon as possible. Use 'npm ls graceful-fs' to find it in the tree.
npm WARN deprecated lodash@1.0.2: lodash@<3.0.0 is no longer maintained. Upgrade to lodash@^4.0.0.

Then these warnings are typical npm noise if you aren't building a package and don't have a package.json file.

npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\users\username\scratch\markdown-it-3\package.json'

And here's the tree of dependencies created...

+-- gulp@3.9.1
	+-- archy@1.0.0
	+-- chalk@1.1.3
	| +-- ansi-styles@2.2.1
	| +-- escape-string-regexp@1.0.5
	| +-- has-ansi@2.0.0
	| | +-- ansi-regex@2.1.1
	| +-- strip-ansi@3.0.1
	| +-- supports-color@2.0.0
	+-- deprecated@0.0.1
	+-- gulp-util@3.0.8
	| +-- array-differ@1.0.0
	| +-- array-uniq@1.0.3
	| +-- beeper@1.1.1
	| +-- dateformat@2.0.0
	| +-- fancy-log@1.3.0
	| | +-- time-stamp@1.0.1
	| +-- gulplog@1.0.0
	| | +-- glogg@1.0.0
	| +-- has-gulplog@0.1.0
	| | +-- sparkles@1.0.0
	| +-- lodash._reescape@3.0.0
	| +-- lodash._reevaluate@3.0.0
	| +-- lodash._reinterpolate@3.0.0
	| +-- lodash.template@3.6.2
	| | +-- lodash._basecopy@3.0.1
	| | +-- lodash._basetostring@3.0.1
	| | +-- lodash._basevalues@3.0.0
	| | +-- lodash._isiterateecall@3.0.9
	| | +-- lodash.escape@3.2.0
	| | | +-- lodash._root@3.0.1
	| | +-- lodash.keys@3.1.2
	| | | +-- lodash._getnative@3.9.1
	| | | +-- lodash.isarguments@3.1.0
	| | | +-- lodash.isarray@3.0.4
	| | +-- lodash.restparam@3.6.1
	| | +-- lodash.templatesettings@3.1.1
	| +-- multipipe@0.1.2
	| | +-- duplexer2@0.0.2
	| |   +-- readable-stream@1.1.14
	| +-- object-assign@3.0.0
	| +-- replace-ext@0.0.1
	| +-- through2@2.0.3
	| | +-- readable-stream@2.2.2
	| | | +-- buffer-shims@1.0.0
	| | | +-- core-util-is@1.0.2
	| | | +-- inherits@2.0.3
	| | | +-- isarray@1.0.0
	| | | +-- process-nextick-args@1.0.7
	| | | +-- string_decoder@0.10.31
	| | | +-- util-deprecate@1.0.2
	| | +-- xtend@4.0.1
	| +-- vinyl@0.5.3
	|   +-- clone@1.0.2
	|   +-- clone-stats@0.0.1
	+-- interpret@1.0.1
	+-- liftoff@2.3.0
	| +-- extend@3.0.0
	| +-- findup-sync@0.4.3
	| | +-- detect-file@0.1.0
	| | | +-- fs-exists-sync@0.1.0
	| | +-- is-glob@2.0.1
	| | | +-- is-extglob@1.0.0
	| | +-- micromatch@2.3.11
	| | | +-- arr-diff@2.0.0
	| | | | +-- arr-flatten@1.0.1
	| | | +-- array-unique@0.2.1
	| | | +-- braces@1.8.5
	| | | | +-- expand-range@1.8.2
	| | | | | +-- fill-range@2.2.3
	| | | | |   +-- is-number@2.1.0
	| | | | |   +-- isobject@2.1.0
	| | | | |   | +-- isarray@1.0.0
	| | | | |   +-- randomatic@1.1.6
	| | | | |   +-- repeat-string@1.6.1
	| | | | +-- preserve@0.2.0
	| | | | +-- repeat-element@1.1.2
	| | | +-- expand-brackets@0.1.5
	| | | | +-- is-posix-bracket@0.1.1
	| | | +-- extglob@0.3.2
	| | | +-- filename-regex@2.0.0
	| | | +-- kind-of@3.1.0
	| | | | +-- is-buffer@1.1.4
	| | | +-- normalize-path@2.0.1
	| | | +-- object.omit@2.0.1
	| | | | +-- for-own@0.1.4
	| | | | | +-- for-in@0.1.6
	| | | | +-- is-extendable@0.1.1
	| | | +-- parse-glob@3.0.4
	| | | | +-- glob-base@0.3.0
	| | | | | +-- glob-parent@2.0.0
	| | | | +-- is-dotfile@1.0.2
	| | | +-- regex-cache@0.4.3
	| | |   +-- is-equal-shallow@0.1.3
	| | |   +-- is-primitive@2.0.0
	| | +-- resolve-dir@0.1.1
	| |   +-- global-modules@0.2.3
	| |     +-- global-prefix@0.1.5
	| |     | +-- homedir-polyfill@1.0.1
	| |     | | +-- parse-passwd@1.0.0
	| |     | +-- ini@1.3.4
	| |     | +-- which@1.2.12
	| |     |   +-- isexe@1.1.2
	| |     +-- is-windows@0.2.0
	| +-- fined@1.0.2
	| | +-- expand-tilde@1.2.2
	| | +-- lodash.assignwith@4.2.0
	| | +-- lodash.isempty@4.4.0
	| | +-- lodash.pick@4.4.0
	| | +-- parse-filepath@1.0.1
	| |   +-- is-absolute@0.2.6
	| |   | +-- is-relative@0.2.1
	| |   |   +-- is-unc-path@0.1.2
	| |   |     +-- unc-path-regex@0.1.2
	| |   +-- map-cache@0.2.2
	| |   +-- path-root@0.1.1
	| |     +-- path-root-regex@0.1.2
	| +-- flagged-respawn@0.3.2
	| +-- lodash.isplainobject@4.0.6
	| +-- lodash.isstring@4.0.1
	| +-- lodash.mapvalues@4.6.0
	| +-- rechoir@0.6.2
	| +-- resolve@1.2.0
	+-- minimist@1.2.0
	+-- orchestrator@0.3.8
	| +-- end-of-stream@0.1.5
	| | +-- once@1.3.3
	| |   +-- wrappy@1.0.2
	| +-- sequencify@0.0.7
	| +-- stream-consume@0.1.0
	+-- pretty-hrtime@1.0.3
	+-- semver@4.3.6
	+-- tildify@1.2.0
	| +-- os-homedir@1.0.2
	+-- v8flags@2.0.11
	| +-- user-home@1.1.1
	+-- vinyl-fs@0.3.14
		+-- defaults@1.0.3
		+-- glob-stream@3.1.18
		| +-- glob@4.5.3
		| | +-- inflight@1.0.6
		| +-- glob2base@0.0.12
		| | +-- find-index@0.1.1
		| +-- minimatch@2.0.10
		| | +-- brace-expansion@1.1.6
		| |   +-- balanced-match@0.4.2
		| |   +-- concat-map@0.0.1
		| +-- ordered-read-streams@0.1.0
		| +-- through2@0.6.5
		| | +-- readable-stream@1.0.34
		| +-- unique-stream@1.0.0
		+-- glob-watcher@0.0.6
		| +-- gaze@0.5.2
		|   +-- globule@0.1.0
		|     +-- glob@3.1.21
		|     | +-- graceful-fs@1.2.3
		|     | +-- inherits@1.0.2
		|     +-- lodash@1.0.2
		|     +-- minimatch@0.2.14
		|       +-- lru-cache@2.7.3
		|       +-- sigmund@1.0.1
		+-- graceful-fs@3.0.11
		| +-- natives@1.1.0
		+-- mkdirp@0.5.1
		| +-- minimist@0.0.8
		+-- strip-bom@1.0.0
		| +-- first-chunk-stream@1.0.0
		| +-- is-utf8@0.2.1
		+-- through2@0.6.5
		| +-- readable-stream@1.0.34
		|   +-- isarray@0.0.1
		+-- vinyl@0.4.6
			+-- clone@0.2.0

And finally more typical npm noise about things missing from the non-existent package.json

npm WARN ENOENT ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\users\username\scratch\markdown-it-3\package.json'
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON markdown-it-3 No description
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON markdown-it-3 No repository field.
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON markdown-it-3 No README data
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON markdown-it-3 No license field.

Create a gulpfile.js in your project root with these contents:

var gulp = require('gulp'); // this is node's "require" command.

gulp.task('default', function() {
	// place code for your default task here
	console.log("gulp!");
});

Now you can run gulp and see what happens...

[22:27:42] Using gulpfile C:\users\username\scratch\markdown-it-3\gulpfile.js
[22:27:42] Starting 'default'...
gulp!
[22:27:42] Finished 'default' after 283 |s

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