lib/helper.js
function readFilePromise(filename) {
  var deferred;

  deferred = Q.defer();

  fs.readFile(filename, 'utf-8', function (err, contents) {
    if (err) {
      if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
        debug(err.code + ': ' + filename);
        return deferred.resolve();
      }
      debug(err + ' ' + filename);
      // TODO: better error handling
      deferred.reject(err);
    } else {
      debug('read ' + filename);
      deferred.resolve(contents);
    }
  });

  return deferred.promise;
}
function readFilePromise(filename) {
  var deferred;

  deferred = Q.defer();

  fs.readFile(filename, 'utf-8', function (err, contents) {
    if (err) {
      if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
        debug(err.code + ': ' + filename);
        return deferred.resolve();
      }
      debug(err + ' ' + filename);
      // TODO: better error handling
      deferred.reject(err);
    } else {
      debug('read ' + filename);
      deferred.resolve(contents);
    }
  });

  return deferred.promise;
}
Promise to load a file's contents

@param {string} filename The file to load
@return {Promise.<string>} The file's contents