Java watch sass

The utility

Command line utility for compiling scss files using Java with libsass binding (Linux, windows).

Intended to work as replacement for command-line interface of node-sass (a nodejs module i used for sometime now).

Reason I made this is to learn how to use libsass-maven programatically, so I can integrate scss compilation into some of my own Java based build scripts without requiring user to download nodejs or Ruby.

If you need a command-line tool to build and watch scss

• if you like/have Java - you can use this tool
• if you like/have Ruby - it is the home of the original sass tool (instructions)
• if you like/have nodejs - node-sass
• or try to find compiled binary of: sassc

You can check the code here to get insight on how to build scss from Java program directly.

Comamnd line:

Download the single runnable jar with all the dependencies from the releases.

usage:

java -jar java-watch-sass-{$version}.jar [options]

    -w, --watch                Watch a directory or file
    -r, --recursive            Recursively watch directories or files
    -o, --output               Output directory
    -x, --omit-source-map-url  Omit source map URL comment from output
    -i, --indented-syntax      Treat sources as sass code (versus scss)
    -v, --version              Prints version info
    --output-style             CSS output style (nested | expanded | compact | compressed)
    --source-comments          Include debug info in output
    --source-map               Emit source map
    --source-map-contents      Embed include contents in map
    --source-map-embed         Embed sourceMappingUrl as data URI
    --source-map-root          Base path, will be emitted in source-map as is
    --include-path             Path to look for imported files
    --follow                   Follow symlinked directories
    --precision                The amount of precision allowed in decimal numbers
    --help                     Print usage info

License

See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations (MIT).