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

SEE ALSO

       node-less(1)

AUTHOR

       RECESS was written by Jacob Thornton <jacob@twitter.com>.