grunt-lessimportfile

This Plugin lets your create a LESS import file automatically by running threw specified folders. This is useful if you are at the beginning of the development-process and want easily change the structure or names of your files and folders without having to care for the import statements in your "master" less file.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-lessimportfile --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-lessimportfile');

The "importfile" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named importfile to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  lessimportfile: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
})

Options

options.asReferenceIdentifier

asReferenceIdentifier Type: String Default value: "__"

Import the prefixed file as a reference. It will create an import-statement like this: @import (reference) "__file.less"

options.asReference

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Import the specified files as a reference. It will create an import-statement like this: @import (reference) "file.less"

options.copyExisting

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Keep the content of the specified target file.

options.optionalComponentIdentifier

Type: String Default value: "oc__"

options.includeAllComponents

Type: Boolean Default value: true

options.optionalComponentsList

Type: Array Default value: []

Usage Examples

Default Options

In this example, the default options are used.

grunt.initConfig({
  lessimportfile: {
    options: {},
    files: {
      'your-framework/master.less': ['your-framework/modules/**/*.less', 'your-framework/variables.less']
    },
  },
})

Custom Options

In this example, custom options are used.

grunt.initConfig({
  lessimportfile: {
    setup: {
	  options: {
	    asReferenceIdentifier: '_r_'
	  },
	  files: {
		'your-framework/master.less': ['your-framework/base/**/*.less']
	  },
	},
	framework: {
	  options: {
		asReference: true,
		copyExisting: true
	  },
	  files: {
		'your-framework/master.less': ['your-framework/abstract-modules/**/*.less'],
	  },
	},
	components: {
	  options: {
	    copyExisting: true,
		includeAllComponents: false,
		optionalComponentIdentifier: 'comp__',
		optionalComponentsList: ['comp__flyout-nav.less', 'comp__accordion.less']
	  },
	  files: {
		'your-framework/master.less': ['your-framework/components/**/*.less']
	  },
	},
	ui: {
	  options: {
		copyExisting: true
	  },
	  files: {
		'your-framework/master.less': ['your-framework/ui/**/*.less', 'your-framework/variables.less']
	  },
	},
  },
})

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

0.1.0

• Initial Release

0.2.0

• Added some options to mark specific files (components) as optional

0.3.0

• Added an option to import files as reference via a custom file prefix