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Allow disabling the sass compile on build task via a MSBuild property #263

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions AspNetCore.SassCompiler/build/AspNetCore.SassCompiler.props
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<SassCompilerEnableWatcher Condition="'$(SassCompilerEnableWatcher)' == '' AND '$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">false</SassCompilerEnableWatcher>
<SassCompilerEnableWatcher Condition="'$(SassCompilerEnableWatcher)' == '' AND '$(OutputType)' == 'Library'">false</SassCompilerEnableWatcher>

<SassCompilerEnableBuildTask Condition="'$(SassCompilerEnableBuildTask)' == ''">true</SassCompilerEnableBuildTask>

<SassCompilerConfiguration Condition="'$(SassCompilerConfiguration)' == ''">$(Configuration)</SassCompilerConfiguration>
<SassCompilerConfiguration Condition="'$(SassCompilerConfiguration)' == ''">Debug</SassCompilerConfiguration>

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion AspNetCore.SassCompiler/build/AspNetCore.SassCompiler.targets
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<Target Name="Compile Sass"
BeforeTargets="Build;ResolveScopedCssInputs;BundleMinify;ResolveProjectStaticWebAssets"
Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'">
Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true' AND '$(SassCompilerEnableBuildTask)' != 'false'">
<CompileSass AppsettingsFile="$(SassCompilerAppsettingsJson)"
SassCompilerFile="$(SassCompilerSassCompilerJson)"
Command="$(SassCompilerBuildCommand)"
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -128,6 +128,17 @@ have the `ISassCompiler` available, you can use the `AddSassCompilerCore()` meth
method on the `IServiceCollection`. This will register what is required to use the `ISassCompiler` interface without
registering the hosted service.

If you are only using `ISassCompiler` at runtime and want to disable the MSBuild compile-on-build task entirely, you can
add the following property to your `.csproj` file:

```xml
<PropertyGroup>
<SassCompilerEnableBuildTask>false</SassCompilerEnableBuildTask>
</PropertyGroup>
```

This prevents the Sass MSBuild task from running during `build` and `publish`, while leaving `ISassCompiler` fully functional at runtime.

## Publish

This library also includes an MSBuild task that runs during the publish of your application. Because of this you don't need to include
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