Pass argument to tailwind cli

[muriloime]

Hi all, how can one pass arguments to tailind css CLI. I was expecting something like

rails tailwindcss:build --minify

to minify css ( by reducing class names, in production), but this doesn't work. Is it possible to do such thing? If not, can you point into the right direction so I can help with the project ?

[edited to correct command line]

Many thanks
Murilo

[dixpac]

Rake task that builds the tailwind would need to be enhanced to receive options such as --minify. But, I'm not sure if that is really necessary since TW already is small with the JIT.
How much is to gain with the minification?

[muriloime]

Hi @dixpac ,

In my application I ran

tailwindcss -i app/assets/stylesheets/application.tailwind.css -c config/tailwind.config.js -o teste.css
tailwindcss -i app/assets/stylesheets/application.tailwind.css -c config/tailwind.config.js -m -o teste2.css

Which generated files of sizes 66.4kb and 46.9kb ( i.e. 40% of reduction).

But I think there are are other gains if we are able to pass arguments to tailwindcss from rails tailwindcss:build, such as allowing more flexibility through use of this gem.

Many thanks
Murilo

[dixpac]

@dhh fixed this via c76f5d2