Problem with gt build

[pixeldrift64]

I'm starting a new project using the blueprint for the todo list.

I'm trying to run gt build, and following the instructions in the docs. But I'm running into a couple of issues so far.
Firstly, I think the docs may be wrong on version number for sass in the example:

[style/**/*.scss]
name=Compile Sass
require=sass >=1.6
execute=sass ./style/style.scss ./www/style.css

Sass is currently on version 1.101.0, unless I'm mistaken

Secondly, I have had to modify it with the full path in order to get it to run (because I don't have sass installed globally, maybe I should)

[style/**/*.scss]
name=Compile Sass
require=node_modules/.bin/sass >=1.101
execute=./node_modules/.bin/sass ./style/style.scss ./www/style.css

Once this is working though, I'm encountering the following error when running gt build:

Fatal error: Uncaught UnexpectedValueException: Invalid version string "." in /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/composer/semver/src/VersionParser.php:191
Stack trace:
#0 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/composer/semver/src/Semver.php(39): Composer\Semver\VersionParser->normalize('.')
#1 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/build/src/Requirement.php(95): Composer\Semver\Semver::satisfies('.', '>=1.101')
#2 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/build/src/Requirement.php(66): GT\Build\Requirement->isVersionStringValid('.')
#3 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/build/src/Task.php(48): GT\Build\Requirement->check(Array)
#4 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/build/src/Build.php(41): GT\Build\Task->check(Array)
#5 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/build/src/BuildRunner.php(137): GT\Build\Build->check(Array)
#6 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/build/src/BuildRunner.php(46): GT\Build\BuildRunner->checkRequirements('/Users/jamesmay...', '/Users/jamesmay...', Array, NULL)
#7 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/build/src/Cli/RunCommand.php(24): GT\Build\BuildRunner->run(false, NULL)
#8 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/gtcommand/src/Command/AbstractProxyCommand.php(12): GT\Build\Cli\RunCommand->run(Object(Gt\Cli\Argument\ArgumentValueList))
#9 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/gtcommand/src/Command/BuildCommand.php(25): GT\GtCommand\Command\AbstractProxyCommand->run(Object(Gt\Cli\Argument\ArgumentValueList))
#10 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/cli/src/Application.php(113): GT\GtCommand\Command\BuildCommand->run(Object(Gt\Cli\Argument\ArgumentValueList))
#11 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/phpgt/gtcommand/bin/gt(36): Gt\Cli\Application->run()
#12 /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/bin/gt(119): include('/Users/jamesmay...')
#13 {main}
  thrown in /Users/jamesmayell/.composer/vendor/composer/semver/src/VersionParser.php on line 191

I'm at a loss on how to fix this. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

[g105b]

My first theory was that there would be a globally-installed sass that's taking preference, and for some reason isn't compatible, but I've just installed a "fake sass" on my machine at /usr/bin/sass and gt build still uses the correct locally installed version.

The build.ini you're referring to doesn't look like it's necessary, because without it you'll fall back to vendor/phpgt/webengine/build.default.ini which defines all of this.

First, I'd be interested in knowing what version it thinks you've got installed:

node_modules/.bin/sass --version

To diagnose where the problem lies, firstly could you replace the "require" line with this:

require=node_modules/.bin/sass *

and try gt build again. If that doesn't work, could you delete your project's build.ini so it falls back to the default and try again? This might help figure out where the issue lies so I can put some effort into making the error message more meaningful.

[g105b]

Following on from my previous message, I notice you're running the todo-list blueprint, can you point me to the docs you're following where it mentions sass, because as far as I'm aware that blueprint was de-sassed to just use plain css so I think I need to update the docs.

[pixeldrift64]

For some context, I was starting with the todo-list blueprint and was trying to get javascript compiling so that I could use flux with it.
I then went to the build docs - I hadn't realised that there would be a default so I just tried to use that as an example.

I've tried deleting the build.ini and I get the same error.

trying to find out the version gives me this error

node_modules/.bin/sass --version
/Users/jamesmayell/Code/Concert/unban/node_modules/sass/sass.js:315
undefined
             ^

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module /Users/jamesmayell/Code/Concert/unban/node_modules/chokidar/index.js from /Users/jamesmayell/Code/Concert/unban/node_modules/sass/sass.js not supported.
Instead change the require of index.js in /Users/jamesmayell/Code/Concert/unban/node_modules/sass/sass.js to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:315:14)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/jamesmayell/Code/Concert/unban/node_modules/sass/sass.js:9:13) {
  code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'
}

Node.js v22.10.0

which seems like it is the issue here. Though I don't really understand it and haven't been able to get it working

[g105b]

This is the kind of front-end stuff that really annoys me. I'll try and figure out why sass --version could ever give back undefined - that's certainly what's preventing gt build from working, but I can't see why anyone's install should ever give back undefined. Leave it with me and I'll try and figure this one out.

[g105b]

So it turns out that there was a strange setup within brew that overrode the project-local sass. Very weird. Maybe out of scope of gt build, but certainly not something I can ignore seeing as it tripped you up immediately.