Finally fixed the Gulp build process

gulpfile.js

@@ -1,64 +1,39 @@
 var elixir = require('laravel-elixir');
 var gulp   = require('gulp');
-var changed = require('gulp-changed');
-var jshint = require('gulp-jshint');
-var stylish = require('jshint-stylish');
+var jshint = require('laravel-elixir-jshint');
+var rimraf = require('gulp-rimraf');
 
-/**
- * Custom Elixir job for copying images, but only if they're newer.
- */
-elixir.extend('images', function() {
-    gulp.task('copy-images', function() {
-        gulp.src('app/assets/bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.map')
-            .pipe(changed('public/build/js/jquery.min.map', {
-                hasChanged: changed.compareSha1Digest
-            }))
-            .pipe(gulp.dest('public/build/js'));
-
-        gulp.src('app/assets/bower_components/ionicons/fonts/**')
-            .pipe(changed('public/build/fonts/ionicons', {
-                hasChanged: changed.compareSha1Digest
-            }))
-            .pipe(gulp.dest('public/build/fonts'));
+elixir.extend('rm', function(source) {
+    gulp.task('rm', function() {
+        gulp.src(source, { read: false })
+            .pipe(rimraf());
     });
 
-    return this.queueTask('copy-images');
-});
-
-/**
- * Run JSHint on our JavaScript sources.
- */
-elixir.extend('jshint', function() {
-    gulp.task('jshint', function() {
-        gulp.src('app/assets/js/**')
-            .pipe(jshint())
-            .pipe(jshint.reporter(stylish))
-            .pipe(jshint.reporter('fail'));
-    });
-
-    return this.queueTask('jshint');
+    return this.queueTask('rm');
 });
 
+gulp.task('default', function() {
     elixir(function (mix) {
         mix.sass('app/assets/sass/main.scss')
+            .rm('public/build/fonts')
+            .jshint('app/assets/js/*.js')
             .styles([
                 'app/assets/bower_components/ionicons/css/ionicons.min.css',
                 'app/assets/bower_components/jquery-minicolors/jquery.minicolors.css',
                 'public/css/main.css',
             ], './')
             .scripts([
-            'bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js',
+                'bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
                 'bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/assets/javascripts/bootstrap.js',
                 'bower_components/lodash/dist/lodash.js',
                 'bower_components/messenger/build/js/messenger.js',
-            // 'bower_components/chartjs/Chart.min.js',
                 'bower_components/Sortable/Sortable.js',
                 'bower_components/jquery-minicolors/jquery.minicolors.js',
                 'bower_components/jquery-serialize-object/jquery.serialize-object.js',
                 'js/app.js',
                 'js/**/*.js',
             ], './app/assets/')
-        .jshint()
-        .images()
-        .version(['public/css/all.css', 'public/js/all.js']);
+            .version(['public/css/all.css', 'public/js/all.js'])
+            .copy('app/assets/bower_components/ionicons/fonts', 'public/build/fonts');
+    });
 });

package.json

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 {
   "devDependencies": {
     "gulp": "^3.8.8",
-    "gulp-changed": "1.1.0",
-    "gulp-jshint": "1.9.0",
-    "jshint-stylish": "1.0.0",
-    "laravel-elixir": "*"
+    "gulp-rimraf": "0.1.1",
+    "laravel-elixir": "*",
+    "laravel-elixir-jshint": "0.1.6"
   }
 }

public/build/rev-manifest.json

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "css/all.css": "css/all-c5b65085.css",
-  "js/all.js": "js/all-e1f470b3.js"
+  "js/all.js": "js/all-ae88f714.js"
 }