postcss-partial-import

Partial Import

Partial Import is a PostCSS plugin that inlines standard and Sass-like @import statements.

/* before file.css */

@import "foo/bar";

/* before foo/_bar.css */

html {
    background-color: #fafafa;
}

/* after */

html {
    background-color: #fafafa;
}

Usage

Follow these steps to use Partial Import.

Add Partial Import to your build tool:

npm install postcss-partial-import --save-dev

Node

require('postcss-partial-import')({ /* options */ }).process(YOUR_CSS);

PostCSS

Add PostCSS to your build tool:

npm install postcss --save-dev

Load Partial Import as a PostCSS plugin:

postcss([
    require('postcss-partial-import')({ /* options */ })
]);

Gulp

Add Gulp PostCSS to your build tool:

npm install gulp-postcss --save-dev

Enable Partial Import within your Gulpfile:

var postcss = require('gulp-postcss');

gulp.task('css', function () {
    return gulp.src('./css/src/*.css').pipe(
        postcss([
            require('postcss-partial-import')({ /* options */ })
        ])
    ).pipe(
        gulp.dest('./css')
    );
});

Grunt

Add Grunt PostCSS to your build tool:

npm install grunt-postcss --save-dev

Enable Partial Import within your Gruntfile:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-postcss');

grunt.initConfig({
    postcss: {
        options: {
            processors: [
                require('postcss-partial-import')({ /* options */ })
            ]
        },
        dist: {
            src: 'css/*.css'
        }
    }
});

Options

encoding

Type: String
Default: utf8

The character encoding of files being imported.

extension

Type: String
Default: css

The file extension appended to partials being imported.

prefix

Type: String
Default: _

The file extension sometimes prepended to partials being imported.

cachedir

Type: String Default: null

The directory to store cached includes in. Can reduce compilation time when there are a lot of @includes. Setting this property enables the cache.