Couldn't load imported Less file 1) with a period in it's name and 2) without extension

Hi,

I just upgraded from v1.3.0 to v1.3.3 and ran into an issue with importing a Less file named chained.banner.less. I always import Less files without an extension, ie. @import "chained.banner"; and apparently v1.3.3 guesses that .banner is the extension.

Swapping the period in the file name for a dash (ie. chained-banner.less), adding a non a-z character to the 2nd part of the file name (ie. chained.banner123.less) or adding the extension to the import (ie. @import "chained.banner.less";) seemed valid workarounds.

[seven-phases-max]

@r-wettstaedt It was not a bug then and it’s not a bug now. Less is not supposed to auto-append less extension in this case because the name already looks like having a one (= min). See File Extensions for more details. The proper import should be:

@import 'fileB.min.less';

in this case.

Note the (less) option is implied by default, it’s implicitly required only when the extension of the imported file directly assumes another importing behaviour (e.g. foo.css). And neither of importing options affect the auto-appending of extensions, i.e. it’s always: foo -> foo.less foo.bar -> foo.bar foo.css -> foo.css foo.less -> foo.less etc. and so on regardless of any options after the @import statement. (The options control only how the file is imported and not what file name it has).

[robert-wettstaedt]

@seven-phases-max, thanks for your explanation. I guess I gotta talk to the plugin developers then.