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CSS

Maxim Andreev
Maxim Andreev
24,529 Points
Posted by Maxim Andreev
Maxim Andreev
24,529 Points

Sass GIT best practices

Hi,

When creating a project (e.g. Django), what is the best way to include Sass files in my VCS.

Do I create a separate Git repo for Sass and then add the generated CSS files to the website repo?

Or do I just include the Sass files in the website repo and then just convert them to CSS files once I pull the repo to the website server. (.gitignore the CSS files completely)

Thanks!

1 Answer

Iain Simmons
MOD
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points
Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

I think it's best to only include the Sass source files (*.scss, *.sass and a config.rb file), list Sass as a requirement/dependency for the project, and ensure the correct files are in the .gitignore file:

.sass-cache/
*.css.map

Then a user who clones/downloads your repository will just run the Sass compiler on their local machine/server.

Providing instructions on how to do that is also really helpful (throw it in the readme.md file in the project root).