Issue with @import from subfolder on parent folder

[sindresorhus]

I have this file structure:

- test.js
- subfolder
    - test.less
    - subfolder2
        - test2.less

test.js

var fs = require('fs');
var file = fs.readFileSync('subfolder/test.less', 'utf-8');
require('less').render( file, function(e, css) {
    console.log(css);
});

test.less

@import 'subfolder/test2';

test2.less is empty.

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When I run node test.js, I get this error:
file 'subfolder/test2.less' wasn't found.

The issue is that since we read the file in as a string, LESS doesn't know the context.

Maybe the .render method should also accept a context parameter?

Like:

var context = 'subfolder';
require('less').render( file, function(e, css) {
    console.log(css);
}, context );

Or let the first argument to the .render method also accept; a path to a file to render or a file buffer?

[neonstalwart]

i think #331 is a pull request for a test that shows that this fails in less

[lukeapage]

render takes a second argument which is an object of options.

If you set the paths property in there to [path] then it will use that path to try to find imports.

e.g.

require('less').render( file, {paths: ["subfolder/"]}, function(e, css) {

I think that's what you are getting at.. but your example is wrong subfolder/test2.less doesn't exist.. subfolder2/test2.less does, so is that significant?

is it significant that the import is empty?