Referencing a path for "compass compile" as argument does not behave like parameter-less "compass compile"

[sebnilsson]

In PowerShell on Windows 8, follow these steps to reproduce:

1. Create a new test-folder, for example C:\compass-test
2. In PowerShell create compass-project here with compass create
3. Create a subfolder in C:\compass-test\images, named sprites
4. Add images to C:\compass-test\images\sprites-folder
5. In screen.css add @import "sprites/*.png"; and @include all-sprites-sprites;
6. Navigate to another folder, for example "C:"
7. Execute compass compile "C:\compass-test"

You will get the following error-message:
No files were found in the load path matching "sprites/*.png"....

To get expected behavior: navigate with PowerShell to C:\compass-test and just execute compass compile.

[scottdavis]

compass version?

[sebnilsson]

Latest Ruby-gem from yesterday, so it should be 0.12.2.

[aramando]

This is a problem for me too. We can't use Compass spriting AND integrate Compass into our automated build process until this is resolved.

[mirkovnemanja]

Hello,

can you tell me please what you put for images source path in this file (config.rb)

tell me please what is root for your project?
http://screencast.com/t/RThoZivNvG

[aramando]

For me it's this line:
images_dir = "images"

[sebnilsson]

For me it's all the default values from compass create.

[aramando]

@sebnilsson I've just found that it works if you use slashes in the path argument instead of backslashes

[mirkovnemanja]

For me it's this line:
images_dir = "images"

can you tell me what is your root ?

for example in my project this is root folder
http://screencast.com/t/2SQK3mVD2

in compass folder you can find config.rb

http://screencast.com/t/C9EyQyIh

source for images is in img folder

img/sprites/ ... images for sprites

in config I was wrote this
http://screencast.com/t/9odOg7uvo

then I wrote i scss file this

@import "sprites/*.png";

if you want space betwen sprites

$sprites-spacing: 20px;

for some element

.some_selector {
@include sprites-sprite("image_name", false, 0px, 0px);
}

[aramando]

Everything in my project is normal as per the defaults for compass create.

To be honest I don't think the paths or project layout are an issue. The problem is that the path of the Compass project passed by argument to compass compile needs to use forward-slashes, even when it's a Windows machine and would therefore naturally use backslashes.

This is obviously a bug with a very simple workaround, but it should at least be clearly documented.