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PROGRAM:

NAME

recess - simple, attractive code quality tool for CSS built on top of LESS.

SYNOPSIS

recess [PATH] [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Developed at Twitter to support our internal styleguide, RECESS is a simple, attractive
code quality tool for CSS built on top of LESS.

Incorporate it into your development process as a linter, or integrate it directly into
your build system as a compiler, RECESS will keep your source looking clean and super
manageable.

OPTIONS

--compile
compiles your code and outputs it to the terminal. Fixes white space and sort order.
Can compile css or less.

--compress
compress your compiled code.

--config
accepts a path, which specifies a json config object.

--stripColors
removes color from output (useful when logging).

--watch
watch filesystem for changes, useful when compiling Less projects.

--noIDs
doesn't complain about using IDs in your stylesheets.

--noJSPrefix
doesn't complain about styling `.js-` prefixed classnames.

--noOverqualifying
doesn't complain about overqualified selectors (ie: `div#foo.bar`).

--noUnderscores
doesn't complain about using underscores in your class names.

--noUniversalSelectors
doesn't complain about using the universal `*` selector.

--strictPropertyOrder
doesn't looking into your property ordering.

--zeroUnits
doesn't complain if you add units to values of 0.

EXAMPLES

Lint all css files:
$ recess *.css

Lint file, ignore styling of IDs:
$ recess ./bootstrap.css --noIds false

Compile and compress .less file, then output it to a new file:
$ recess ./bootstrap.less --compress > ./bootstrap-production.css

Watch a directory for changes and auto compile a css file from the changes.
*experimental*:
$ recess input.less:ouput.css --compile --watch watch/this/dir/for/changes

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