Sass files not available by default

[DevOpsJeremy]

The section Customizing templates instructs to simply create an assets/css/style.scss file and, optionally, _sass/minima/custom-styles.scss & custom-variables.scss. However, the build fails without the remaining Sass files since they are referenced in style.scss.

Example 1

After adding assets/css/style.scss and populating it with the following in accordance with Customizing templates:

---
---

@import
  "minima/skins/{{ site.minima.skin | default: 'classic' }}",
  "minima/initialize";

The build failed with the following error:

Conversion error: Jekyll::Converters::Scss encountered an error while converting 'assets/css/style.scss':
File to import not found or unreadable: minima/skins/classic. Load paths: /usr/local/bundle/gems/minima-2.5.1/_sass /usr/local/bundle/gems/minima-2.5.1/_sass on line 2

Log file: Example 1.txt

Example 2

After adding the skins to _sass/minima/skins, the build still failed with the following error:

Conversion error: Jekyll::Converters::Scss encountered an error while converting 'assets/css/style.scss':
File to import not found or unreadable: minima/initialize. Load paths: /github/workspace/_sass /usr/local/bundle/gems/minima-2.5.1/_sass /usr/local/bundle/gems/minima-2.5.1/_sass on line 3

Log file: Example 2.txt

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Of course, manually adding the Sass source files resolves this issue, but this overrides the "defaults" and the files should be available without having to manually include them, so that the site stays "in sync with upstream changes released in future versions".

[mvallebr]

I am new to minima and I am having this problem as well - any short term workaround?

[ashmaroli]

The README instructions you're referring to is for the unreleased Minima 3.0. To view instructions for v2.5.x, change the repository branch / tree accordingly.

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