How to build JST with Gulp without precompilation?

Question

backbone.js

I have underscore.js templates in item-view.jst view files.
How to simply assemble them into a js file without any precompilation?
What would the contents of jst files be stored in a JST object in the form JST['item-view'] = '<div class="item></div>'
I tried about 3-4 plugins and they all do only with precompilation.

Answer 1

You can try messing around with gulp-preprocess. It's not very convenient, but it might work for you.
For example:

JST['item-view'] = '/* @include path/to/item-view.jst */';