Grunt Build: CSS not looking in right image directory - css

Question

I have an angular application generated via yeoman.
When I run grunt build, main.css is looking for files in the /assets/images directory, which is my project structure. The file locations are not getting changed in the css.
My dist directory project structure:
dist/
bower_components/
images/
scripts
styles/
index.html
The Problem
main.css is looking for /assets/images instead of /images. I'm not sure which plugin is causing this.
Specifically, I'm using background image.
.landing-container {
background-image:
linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,0,0,1) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.25) 52%,rgba(0,0,0,1) 100%),
url('/assets/images/bg_landing.jpg');
}
Here is my package.json:
"devDependencies": {
"grunt": "^0.4.5",
"grunt-autoprefixer": "^2.0.0",
"grunt-concurrent": "^1.0.0",
"grunt-contrib-clean": "^0.6.0",
"grunt-contrib-compass": "^1.0.0",
"grunt-contrib-concat": "^0.5.0",
"grunt-contrib-connect": "^0.9.0",
"grunt-contrib-copy": "^0.7.0",
"grunt-contrib-cssmin": "^0.12.0",
"grunt-contrib-htmlmin": "^0.4.0",
"grunt-contrib-imagemin": "^1.0.0",
"grunt-contrib-jshint": "^0.11.0",
"grunt-contrib-uglify": "^0.7.0",
"grunt-contrib-watch": "^0.6.1",
"grunt-filerev": "^2.1.2",
"grunt-google-cdn": "^0.4.3",
"grunt-karma": "*",
"grunt-newer": "^1.1.0",
"grunt-ng-annotate": "^0.9.2",
"grunt-svgmin": "^2.0.0",
"grunt-usemin": "^3.0.0",
"grunt-wiredep": "^2.0.0",
"jshint-stylish": "^1.0.0",
"karma-jasmine": "*",
"karma-phantomjs-launcher": "*",
"load-grunt-tasks": "^3.1.0",
"time-grunt": "^1.0.0"
}
Here are my grunt file tasks:
// Empties folders to start fresh
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git{,*/}*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
// Add vendor prefixed styles
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
server: {
options: {
map: true,
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// Automatically inject Bower components into the app
wiredep: {
app: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'],
ignorePath: /\.\.\//
},
test: {
devDependencies: true,
src: '<%= karma.unit.configFile %>',
ignorePath: /\.\.\//,
fileTypes:{
js: {
block: /(([\s\t]*)\/{2}\s*?bower:\s*?(\S*))(\n|\r|.)*?(\/{2}\s*endbower)/gi,
detect: {
js: /'(.*\.js)'/gi
},
replace: {
js: '\'{{filePath}}\','
}
}
}
},
sass: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/assets/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
ignorePath: /(\.\.\/){1,2}bower_components\//
}
},
// Compiles Sass to CSS and generates necessary files if requested
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/assets/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
generatedImagesDir: '.tmp/images/generated',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/assets/images',
javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts', // ????
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
importPath: './bower_components',
httpImagesPath: '/images',
httpGeneratedImagesPath: '/images/generated',
httpFontsPath: '/styles/fonts',
relativeAssets: false,
assetCacheBuster: false,
raw: 'Sass::Script::Number.precision = 10\n'
},
dist: {
options: {
generatedImagesDir: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/generated'
}
},
server: {
options: {
sourcemap: true
}
}
},
// Renames files for browser caching purposes
filerev: {
dist: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
//'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/*'
]
}
},
// Reads HTML for usemin blocks to enable smart builds that automatically
// concat, minify and revision files. Creates configurations in memory so
// additional tasks can operate on them
useminPrepare: {
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
flow: {
html: {
steps: {
js: ['concat', 'uglifyjs'],
css: ['cssmin']
},
post: {}
}
}
}
},
// Performs rewrites based on filerev and the useminPrepare configuration
usemin: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
options: {
assetsDirs: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
]
}
},
// The following *-min tasks will produce minified files in the dist folder
// By default, your `index.html`'s <!-- Usemin block --> will take care of
// minification. These next options are pre-configured if you do not wish
// to use the Usemin blocks.
// cssmin: {
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
uglify: {
dist: {
files: {
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js': [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js'
]
}
}
},
// concat: {
// dist: {}
// },
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/assets/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/assets/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
collapseWhitespace: true,
conservativeCollapse: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
removeOptionalTags: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: ['*.html', 'scripts/**/*.html'],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// ng-annotate tries to make the code safe for minification automatically
// by using the Angular long form for dependency injection.
ngAnnotate: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/concat/scripts',
src: '*.js',
dest: '.tmp/concat/scripts'
}]
}
},
// Replace Google CDN references
cdnify: {
dist: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/*.html']
}
},
// Copies remaining files to places other tasks can use
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'*.html',
'scripts/**/*.html',
'assets/images/{,*/}*.{webp}',
'assets/styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*'
]
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/images',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
src: ['generated/*']
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: '.',
src: 'bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/assets/fonts/bootstrap/*',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/assets/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
// Run some tasks in parallel to speed up the build process
concurrent: {
server: [
'compass:server'
],
test: [
'compass'
],
dist: [
'compass:dist', // Good - I think
'imagemin', // Good
'svgmin' // Good
]
},
// Test settings
karma: {
unit: {
configFile: 'test/karma.conf.js',
singleRun: true
}
}

Answer 1

You can try to change compass option
httpImagesPath: '/images',
to
httpImagesPath: '../images',

Answer 2

imagesDir probably make the issue:
// Compiles Sass to CSS and generates necessary files if requested
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/assets/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
generatedImagesDir: '.tmp/images/generated',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/assets/images',
be aware that when you make grunt watch it uses .tmp directory
probably grunt build makes the dist catalog.
bdw. I use gulp and libsass which is much faster.

Answer 3

you need to give the pattern for changing the references.
options: {
assetsDirs: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles'
],
patterns: {
js: [[/(images\/[^''""]*\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|svg))/g, 'Replacing references to images']]
}
}