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feat(css): default css.transformer to lightningcss#797

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Summary

  • Change the default css.transformer from 'postcss' to 'lightningcss'
  • Lightning CSS handles @import via bundleAsync() with better performance and no PostCSS dependency required
  • Edge-case tests (cycles, duplicates, @charset, external imports, anonymous layer, layer wrapping) now explicitly use transformer: 'postcss' since they rely on postcss-import-specific behavior
  • URL fragment tests remain .fails (Lightning CSS also can't handle them)
  • Updated all documentation (EN, ZH, skills reference) to reflect new default

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Change the default CSS transformer from `postcss` to `lightningcss`.
Lightning CSS handles @import via `bundleAsync()` and provides better
performance without requiring PostCSS as a dependency.

Edge-case tests (cycles, duplicates, @charset, external imports,
anonymous layer, layer wrapping) now explicitly use `transformer: 'postcss'`
since they rely on postcss-import-specific behavior.
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@ocavue ocavue self-requested a review March 4, 2026 14:55
@sxzz sxzz merged commit 288a5f0 into main Mar 4, 2026
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