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I have to make 2 steps in gulp:




  1. Make a .css file form less

  2. Minify generated css files



This is my gulpfile:



var gulp = require('gulp'),
watch = require(gulp-watch),
less = require('gulp-less'),
cssmin = require('gulp-cssmin'),
rename = require('gulp-rename');

gulp.task('watch-less', function () {
watch({glob: './*.less'}, function (files) { // watch any changes on coffee files
gulp.start('compile-less'); // run the compile task
});

watch({
glob: ['./*.css', '!./*.min.css']
}, function(files) {
gulp.start('minify-css'); // run the compile task
});
});

gulp.task('compile-less', function () {
gulp.src('./*.less') // path to your file
.pipe(less().on('error', function(err) {
console.log(err);
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
});

gulp.task('minify-css', function() {
gulp.src([
'./*.css',
'!./*.min.css'
])
.pipe(cssmin().on('error', function(err) {
console.log(err);
}))
.pipe(rename({suffix: '.min'}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
})

gulp.task('default', ['watch-less']);


When i start it only first step is done.
Help me please.


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6

There is no needing after time, convinient solution for me was:



var gulp = require('gulp'),
less = require('gulp-less'),
cssmin = require('gulp-cssmin'),
plumber = require('gulp-plumber'),
rename = require('gulp-rename');

gulp.task('watch', function () {
gulp.watch('./styles/*.less', ['less']);
});

gulp.task('less', function () {
gulp.src('./styles/*.less')
.pipe(plumber())
.pipe(less())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./styles/'))
.pipe(cssmin())
.pipe(rename({
suffix: '.min'
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./styles'))

});

gulp.task('default', ['less', 'watch']);

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