old_contents: 
  module.exports = {
    proxies: null,
  
    // hooks execute before or after all project-related Ionic commands
    // (so not for start, docs, but serve, run, etc.) and take in the arguments
    // passed to the command as a parameter
    //
    // The format is 'before' or 'after' + commandName (uppercased)
    // ex: beforeServe, afterRun, beforePrepare, etc.
    hooks: {
      beforeServe: function(argv) {
        var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
        var gulpWatch = spawn('gulp', ['watch']);
        gulpWatch.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
          console.log(data.toString());
        });
        gulpWatch.stderr.on('data', function(data) {
          console.log('gulp watch error: ' + data.toString());
        });
      }
    },
  
    paths: {
      wwwDir: 'www',
      buildDir: 'build',
      buildJSDir: 'js',
      buildCSSDir: 'css',
      buildFontsDir: 'fonts',
      appDir: 'app',
      appSrcModule: 'app.js',
      appBuildBundle: 'app.bundle.js',
      appSassSrc: ['app.ios.scss', 'app.md.scss'],
      appSassWatch: '**/*.scss',
      ionicDir: 'node_modules/ionic-framework',
      ionicSassDir: 'node_modules/ionic-framework',
      ionicFontFiles: 'fonts/**/*.ttf'
    },
  
    autoPrefixerOpts: {
      browsers: [
        'last 2 versions',
        'iOS >= 7',
        'Android >= 4',
        'Explorer >= 10',
        'ExplorerMobile >= 11'
      ],
      cascade: false
    }
  
  };
  
new_contents: module.exports = {
    proxies: null,
  
    // hooks execute before or after all project-related Ionic commands
    // (so not for start, docs, but serve, run, etc.) and take in the arguments
    // passed to the command as a parameter
    //
    // The format is 'before' or 'after' + commandName (uppercased)
    // ex: beforeServe, afterRun, beforePrepare, etc.
    hooks: {
      beforeServe: function(argv) {
        var path = require('path');
        var fork = require('child_process').fork;
        fork(path.resolve('./node_modules/.bin/gulp'), ['watch']);
      }
    },
  
    paths: {
      wwwDir: 'www',
      buildDir: 'build',
      buildJSDir: 'js',
      buildCSSDir: 'css',
      buildFontsDir: 'fonts',
      appDir: 'app',
      appSrcModule: 'app.js',
      appBuildBundle: 'app.bundle.js',
      appSassSrc: ['app.ios.scss', 'app.md.scss'],
      appSassWatch: '**/*.scss',
      ionicDir: 'node_modules/ionic-framework',
      ionicSassDir: 'node_modules/ionic-framework',
      ionicFontFiles: 'fonts/**/*.ttf'
    },
  
    autoPrefixerOpts: {
      browsers: [
        'last 2 versions',
        'iOS >= 7',
        'Android >= 4',
        'Explorer >= 10',
        'ExplorerMobile >= 11'
      ],
      cascade: false
    }
  
  };
  
subject: use local gulp