module Jekyll
class LessCssFile < StaticFile
def write(dest)
# do nothing
end
end
# Expects a lessc: key in your _config.yml file with the path to a local less.js/bin/lessc
# Less.js will require node.js to be installed
class LessJsGenerator < Generator
safe true
priority :low
def generate(site)
src_root = site.config['source']
dest_root = site.config['destination']
less_ext = /\.less$/i
raise "Missing 'lessc' path in site configuration" if !site.config['lessc']
# static_files have already been filtered against excludes, etc.
site.static_files.each do |sf|
next if not sf.path =~ less_ext
less_path = sf.path
css_path = less_path.gsub(less_ext, '.css').gsub(src_root, dest_root)
css_dir = File.dirname(css_path)
css_dir_relative = css_dir.gsub(dest_root, '')
css_name = File.basename(css_path)
FileUtils.mkdir_p(css_dir)
begin
command = [site.config['lessc'],
less_path,
css_path
].join(' ')
puts 'Compiling LESS: ' + command
`#{command}`
raise "LESS compilation error" if $?.to_i != 0
end
# Add this output file so it won't be cleaned
site.static_files << LessCssFile.new(site, site.source, css_dir_relative, css_name)
end
end
end
end
I've modified this script slightly—I had issues with Jekyll "cleaning" the CSS file generated by LESS out of my output directory moments after it was created. I fixed it in a crufty way but it works.
I added a line to remove the LESS files from the
site.static_filesarray so they automatically get cleaned. https://gist.github.com/2391969Found a bug with generating css with lessc. I guess new lessc generator doesn't take OUTPUT file argument but just spits itout to STDOUT, so the above generator will fail, I've fixed the bug by adding > to the command. Here's the gist https://gist.github.com/tdak/6496935
The line that adds the css file to site.static_files isn't working for me. There's no error, but the css file still gets cleaned. I can see that it's being created and then deleted within a fraction of a second.
If I create
/css/test.cssalongside/css/test.less, then/_site/css/test.csswill not get cleaned by Jekyll. It's not pretty, but it works for now until someone figures out why this plugin isn't preventing the css file from being cleaned.