Support @import (reference) directive

[saas786]

Hi, I am using some *.less files as a reference only (use their variables, classes, etc but don't compile into output).

like:

@import (reference) "my-file.less";

its not working, included into final *.css file as is.

https://github.com/less/less.js/issues/1340 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14809546/twitter-bootstrap-override-and-custom-styles

according to these its working fine with less.js but I compile via lessphp, so please guide me how I can achieve same results with lessphp.

Thanks

[vegardlarsen]

+1

This would drastically limit the amount of output CSS code when using it correctly.

[vicary]

:+1:

[laurentvd]

Yes please!

[h0lg]

I agree this would be nice to have.

I notice though that I'm running a really old version with the 3rd party library I'm using https://github.com/Singrana/yii2-less/issues/4 . The change log https://github.com/less/less.js/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md states that this was included in version 1.5.0 as "support for import reference option to reference external css, but not output it.".

So is this issue actually still open?