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Created April 14, 2011 21:53
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Jekyll plugin to render LESS (lesscss.org) files during generation.
module Jekyll
class LessCssFile < StaticFile
def write(dest)
# do nothing
end
end
class LessJsGenerator < Generator
safe true
priority :low
def generate(site)
src_root = site.config['source']
dest_root = site.config['destination']
less_ext = /\.less$/i
lessc_bin = site.config['lessc'] || 'lessc'
# static_files have already been filtered against excludes, etc.
site.static_files.each do |sf|
next if not sf.path =~ less_ext
site.static_files.delete(sf)
less_path = sf.path
css_path = less_path.gsub(less_ext, '.css').gsub(src_root, dest_root)
relative_dir = File.dirname(css_path).gsub(dest_root, '')
file_name = File.basename(css_path)
FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(css_path))
begin
command = [lessc_bin,
less_path,
css_path
].join(' ')
puts 'Compiling LESS: ' + command
puts `#{command}`
raise "LESS compilation error" if $?.to_i != 0
end
# Add this output file so it won't be "cleaned away"
site.static_files << LessCssFile.new(site, site.source, relative_dir, file_name)
end
end
end
end
@andyfowler
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Cool! I'm planning to bundle this up with a few other plugins and stick it in a repo. There's an open ticket on the Jekyll project discussing workarounds for the new cleaning -- this is actually one of the cleaner workarounds. See jekyll/jekyll#268 for that.

@UnquietCode
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Hello. I have found a bug in this logic, at least when I am running it locally. By modifying the site.static_files array in the loop there is the potential for processing elements twice or skipping some entirely.

My fix is to use a copy of the array, so:
site.static_files.dup.each do

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