`Error: Can't find stylesheet to import` when following instructions to overwrite default styles

[komali2]

I'm following the instructions to override styles at https://github.com/jekyll/minima#customizing-templates

Per instructions, I've created a file at assets/css/style.scss with the contents:

---
---

@import
"minima/skins/{{ site.minima.skin | default: 'classic' }}",
"minima/initialize";

When I do bundle exec jekyll serve, I see the following error:

Error: Can't find stylesheet to import.
  ╷
2 │ "minima/skins/classic",
  │ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  ╵
  /home/caleb/src/thejispot/docs/assets/css/style.scss 2:1  root stylesheet 
  Conversion error: Jekyll::Converters::Scss encountered an error while converting 'assets/css/style.scss':
                    Can't find stylesheet to import.
                    ------------------------------------------------
      Jekyll 4.3.2   Please append `--trace` to the `serve` command 
                     for any additional information or backtrace. 
                    ------------------------------------------------
/home/caleb/gems/gems/jekyll-sass-converter-3.0.0/lib/jekyll/converters/scss.rb:175:in `rescue in convert': Can't find stylesheet to import. (Jekyll::Converters::Scss::SyntaxError)
    from /home/caleb/gems/gems/jekyll-sass-converter-3.0.0/lib/jekyll/converters/scss.rb:159:in `convert'

My gemfile looks like this:

source "https://rubygems.org"
# Hello! This is where you manage which Jekyll version is used to run.
# When you want to use a different version, change it below, save the
# file and run `bundle install`. Run Jekyll with `bundle exec`, like so:
#
#     bundle exec jekyll serve
#
# This will help ensure the proper Jekyll version is running.
# Happy Jekylling!
gem "jekyll", "~> 4.3.2"
# This is the default theme for new Jekyll sites. You may change this to anything you like.
gem "minima", "~> 2.5"
# If you want to use GitHub Pages, remove the "gem "jekyll"" above and
# uncomment the line below. To upgrade, run `bundle update github-pages`.
# gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
# If you have any plugins, put them here!
group :jekyll_plugins do
  gem "jekyll-feed", "~> 0.12"
end

# Windows and JRuby does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
# and associated library.
platforms :mingw, :x64_mingw, :mswin, :jruby do
  gem "tzinfo", ">= 1", "< 3"
  gem "tzinfo-data"
end

# Performance-booster for watching directories on Windows
gem "wdm", "~> 0.1.1", :platforms => [:mingw, :x64_mingw, :mswin]

# Lock `http_parser.rb` gem to `v0.6.x` on JRuby builds since newer versions of the gem
# do not have a Java counterpart.
gem "http_parser.rb", "~> 0.6.0", :platforms => [:jruby]

And my _config.yml looks like:

title: The Ji Spot
email: biscuit@thejispot.com
description: >- # this means to ignore newlines until "baseurl:"
  We serve the best chicken biscuit sandwiches in Taiwan.
baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
url: "https://thejispot.com" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
twitter_username:
github_username:
theme: minima
plugins:
  - jekyll-feed

I'm guessing I have library versions mismatched or something? What's the correct way to override styles?

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[joshkopecek]

I faced exactly the same problem, but examining the minima directory reveals that there is no minima/skins/ directory.

I just used

@import 'minima';

in assets/main.scss