grunt-contrib-less
Compile LESS files to CSS (part of the grunt-contrib collection). Submitted by Tyler Kellen.
Getting Started
Install this grunt plugin next to your project's grunt.js gruntfile with: npm install grunt-contrib-less
Then add this line to your project's grunt.js
gruntfile:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-less');
Overview
Inside your grunt.js
file add a section named less
. This section specifies the files to compile and the options passed to LESS.
Parameters
object
files This defines what files this task will process and should contain key:value pairs.
The key (destination) should be an unique filepath (supports grunt.template) and the value (source) should be a filepath or an array of filepaths (supports minimatch).
Note: When the value contains an array of multiple filepaths, the contents are concatenated in the order passed.
object
options This controls how this task (and its helpers) operate and should contain key:value pairs, see options below.
Options
string|array
paths This specifies directories to scan for @import directives when parsing.
Config Example
less: {
compile: {
options: {
paths: ["assets/css"]
},
files: {
"path/to/result.css": "path/to/source.less"
}
}
}