What is sass-graph?
The sass-graph npm package is a utility that helps in analyzing the dependencies of Sass files in a project. It parses Sass files to find all the `@import` statements and constructs a graph of the relationships between files. This is particularly useful for understanding and managing complex stylesheets structures in large projects.
What are sass-graph's main functionalities?
Parsing a directory of Sass files
This feature allows you to parse an entire directory of Sass files to create a graph representing the dependencies between them.
const sassGraph = require('sass-graph');
const graph = sassGraph.parseDir('path/to/sass/files');
Finding dependencies of a single Sass file
This feature is used to find all the files that depend on a single Sass file, which can be useful for understanding the impact of changes to that file.
const sassGraph = require('sass-graph');
const graph = sassGraph.parseFile('path/to/sass/file.scss', options);
const dependencies = graph.index['path/to/sass/file.scss'].importedBy;
Watching a directory of Sass files for changes
This feature sets up a watcher on a directory of Sass files and triggers a callback with the changed files when a change is detected.
const sassGraph = require('sass-graph');
const graph = sassGraph.parseDir('path/to/sass/files');
sassGraph.watch('path/to/sass/files', options, (changedFiles) => {
console.log('Files changed:', changedFiles);
});
Other packages similar to sass-graph
postcss
PostCSS is a tool for transforming CSS with JavaScript plugins. While it is not limited to Sass, it can be used to analyze and manipulate CSS dependencies, similar to how sass-graph analyzes Sass dependencies.
node-sass-magic-importer
node-sass-magic-importer is a custom importer for node-sass that adds additional features to the standard Sass `@import` rule. It provides functionalities that can help manage dependencies, but it is more focused on extending the import capabilities rather than analyzing the dependency graph.
stylelint
Stylelint is a linter for stylesheets that can be used to enforce consistent conventions and avoid errors in stylesheets. It does not construct a dependency graph like sass-graph, but it can be used to analyze and lint the structure of Sass files.
Sass Graph
Parses sass and exposes a graph of dependencies
Install
Install with npm
npm install --save-dev sass-graph
Usage
Usage as a Node library:
$ node
> var sassGraph = require('./sass-graph');
undefined
> sassGraph.parseDir('tests/fixtures');
{ index: {,
'tests/fixtures/a.scss': {
imports: ['b.scss'],
importedBy: [],
},
'tests/fixtures/b.scss': {
imports: ['_c.scss'],
importedBy: ['a.scss'],
},
'tests/fixtures/_c.scss': {
imports: [],
importedBy: ['b/scss'],
},
}}
Usage as a command line tool:
The command line tool will parse a graph and then either display ancestors, descendents or both.
$ ./bin/sassgraph tests/fixtures tests/fixtures/a.scss -d
tests/fixtures/a.scss
tests/fixtures/b.scss
tests/fixtures/_c.scss
Running Mocha tests
You can run the tests by executing the following commands:
npm install
npm test
Authors
Sass graph was originally written by Lachlan Donald.
It is now maintained by Michael Mifsud.
License
MIT