How do we set a target in a grunt cssmin task?

Question

I am trying out cssmin for Grunt

According to the docs targets can be defined "according to the grunt Configuring tasks guide." When I create a cssmin task using that pattern, like:

cssmin: {
  my_target: {
    minify: {
      src: 'path-to/default.css',
      dest: 'path-to/default.min.css'
    }
  }
}

the minified file is not created.

If I remove the target level it works as expected. Do I do something wrong here? or are there other options than cssmin (In my research I picked this as everybody was pointing to it)

Using:

grunt v0.4.1
cssmin v0.6.0

Are you running the task using `grunt cssmin:my_target`? – go-oleg May 23 '13 at 20:36 — go-oleg, May 23 '13 at 20:36

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '13 at 04:35

16

Your configuration is just a little off. minify is also just a target name. Do this instead:

cssmin: {
  minify: {
    src: 'path-to/default.css',
    dest: 'path-to/default.min.css'
  }
}

OR

cssmin: {
  my_target: {
    src: 'path-to/default.css',
    dest: 'path-to/default.min.css'
  }
}

Please read http://gruntjs.com/configuring-tasks on how to configure tasks.

answered May 24 '13 at 04:35

Kyle Robinson Young

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Thanks! The second example was what I was looking for. It looks like cssmin uses a slightly different pattern than other Grunt tasks – Thomas Andersen May 24 '13 at 08:40
All the contrib tasks use `this.files` so you're able to use any of the config patterns listed in the docs: http://gruntjs.com/configuring-tasks – Kyle Robinson Young May 24 '13 at 17:13

How do we set a target in a grunt cssmin task?

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