grunt-contrib-sass

grunt-contrib-sass (not released)

Compile Sass to CSS (part of the grunt-contrib collection). Submitted by Sindre Sorhus.

Getting Started

This task requires you to have Ruby and Sass. If you're on OS X or Linux you probably already have it installed, try ruby -v in your terminal. When you've confirmed you have Ruby installed, run gem install sass to get Sass.

Install this grunt plugin next to your project's grunt.js gruntfile with: npm install grunt-contrib-sass

Then add this line to your project's grunt.js gruntfile:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-sass');

Documentation

Example config

grunt.initConfig({
	sass: {										// Task
		dist: {									// Target
			files: {							// Dictionary of files
				'main.css': 'main.scss',		// 'destination': 'source'
				'widgets.css': 'widgets.scss'
			}
		},
		dev: {									// Another target
			options: {							// Target options
				style: 'expanded'
			},
			files: {
				'main.css': 'main.scss',
				'widgets.css': [
					'button.scss',
					'tab.scss',
					'debug.scss'				// Maybe you need one extra file in dev
				]
			}
		}
	}
});

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-sass');

grunt.registerTask('default', 'lint sass');

Example usage

Compile

grunt.initConfig({
	sass: {
		files: {
			'main.css': 'main.scss'
		}
	}
});

Concat and compile

If you specify an array of src paths they will be concatenated. However, in most cases you would want to just @import them into main.scss.

grunt.initConfig({
	sass: {
		files: {
			'main.css': [
				'reset.scss',
				'main.scss'
			]
		}
	}
});

Compile multiple files

You can specify multiple destination: source items in files.

grunt.initConfig({
	sass: {
		files: {
			'main.css': 'main.scss',
			'widgets.css': 'widgets.scss'
		}
	}
});

Parameters

files object

This defines what files this task will process and should contain key:value pairs.

The key (destination) should be an unique filepath (supports grunt.template) and the value (source) should be a filepath or an array of filepaths (supports minimatch).

Note: When the value contains an array of multiple filepaths, the contents are concatenated in the order passed.

options object

This controls how this task (and its helpers) operate and should contain key:value pairs, see options below.

Options

trace boolean

Show a full traceback on error.

unixNewlines boolean

Force Unix newlines in written files.

check boolean

Just check syntax, don't evaluate.

style string

Output style. Can be nested (default), compact, compressed, or expanded.

precision number

How many digits of precision to use when outputting decimal numbers. Defaults to 3.

quiet boolean

Silence warnings and status messages during compilation.

compass boolean

Make Compass imports available and load project configuration.

debugInfo boolean

Emit extra information in the generated CSS that can be used by the FireSass Firebug plugin.

lineNumbers boolean

Emit comments in the generated CSS indicating the corresponding source line.

loadPath string|array

Add a (or multiple) Sass import path.

require string|array

Require a (or multiple) Ruby library before running Sass.

cacheLocation string

The path to put cached Sass files. Defaults to .sass-cache.

noCache boolean

Don't cache to sassc files.

Release History

• 2012/08/24 - v0.1.0 - Initial release.