Possibility to configure compass using config.rb

[ghost]

In a recent project we have the following setup:

project-root
    └ src/main/webapp/resources
        ├ css/sass
        │  └ main.scss
        └ config.rb

the config.rb files contains the compass paths relativ to the current directory and additional configuration:

css_dir = "styles"
sass_dir = "css/sass"
fonts_dir = "fonts"
images_dir = "images"
javascripts_dir = "js"

output_style = :compressed
relative_assets = true
line_comments = false

This file is used for manual compilation of the scss files. Now I want to use the gradle-compass plugin without repeating the above configuration. But when I use src/main/webapps/resources as sassDir I'm getting the following error:

Errno::ESRCH on line ["941"] of org/jruby/RubyFile.java: No such process - C:/ws/project-root/build/stylesheets/css/sass/main.css
  C:/ws/project-root/build/tmp/gems/gems/sass-3.4.13/lib/sass/plugin/staleness_checker.rb:65:in `stylesheet_needs_update?'
  C:/ws/project-root/build/tmp/gems/gems/sass-3.4.13/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:211:in `update_stylesheets'
  org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1613:in `each'

b/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:209:in `update_stylesheets'
  C:/ws/project-root/build/tmp/gems/gems/compass-1.0.3/lib/compass/sass_compiler.rb:40:in `compile!'

lib/compass/commands/update_project.rb:49:in `perform'

lib/compass/commands/base.rb:18:in `execute'

lib/compass/commands/project_base.rb:19:in `execute'

lib/compass/exec/sub_command_ui.rb:43:in `perform!'
  C:/ws/project-root/build/tmp/gems/gems/compass-1.0.3/lib/compass/exec/sub_command_ui.rb:15:in `run!'
  C:/ws/project-root/build/tmp/gems/gems/compass-1.0.3/bin/compass:30:in `(root)'
  org/jruby/RubyProc.java:271:in `call'
  C:/ws/project-root/build/tmp/gems/gems/compass-1.0.3/bin/compass:44:in `(root)'


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I know I can specify all of the config.rb settings in the gradle file as well but I'd like to keep the possibility to compile the stylesheets without gradle and without duplicating the configuration. Is this possible using gradle-compass?

[beradrian]

Actually, you cannot specify all the options. In config.rb you can also add custom code like an importer. So this must be fixed.

[ghost]

My request was actually the other way around. I want to use the configuration in an existing config.rb file and make gradle-compass use this file instead of specifying the options in the gradle file.

That is, it would be great if something like this would be possible:

compass {
  configFile project.file('src/main/webapp/config.rb')
}

And config.rb specifies the acutal configruation that is to be used relative to it's location.

[beradrian]

This is what I need to. I was making the point that not everything that you put in the config.rb file can also be specified in the gradle file too.