I'm struggling to get gulp-compass working correctly without using a config.rb file.
Prerequisites:
- I don't want to use a config.rb file
- I need to use compass (can't just use SASS)
var compass = require('gulp-compass'),
path = require('path');
gulp.task('compass', function() {
gulp.src('./src/*.scss')
.pipe(compass({
project: path.join(__dirname, 'assets'),
css: 'css',
sass: 'sass'
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('app/assets/temp'));
});
But I can't find the following information anywhere:
- What
path = require('path')
does. This doesn't seem to be a gulp-plugin. - What
path.join
does exactly. - What
__dirname
is and should it be changed?
If anyone can clear this up it would be much appreciated.
Path is a Node core module. Its join method allow you to join arguments that will construct a normalised path.
__dirname
refers to the directory of the file in which it is used.Basically it's simply to refers to the
assets
directory which is in the same folder as your gulpfile.By the way, the gulp-ruby-sass plugin has a
compass
option that you can set totrue
.