How to reuse package assets in another package?

[mediafreakch]

The following scenario:

• core-package
  • variables.less
• reuse-package
  • style.less

How can I re-use the LESS variables defined in variables.less from the core-package in the style.less file inside reuse-package, then transform the style.less and dump it to public/assets?

[dgbeck]

Hi @mediafreakch ! At first glance it seems as though how to include variables.less from style.less is just a matter of setting up the proper less @import directive.

Maybe I am not understanding the question / problem though?

[mediafreakch]

Seems like I am messing up something. I expected to be able to define a core-package containing some global parameters for other packages to consume. In a depending package I wanted to declare a dependency to that core-package and re-use parameters defined there.

@import "../core-package/variables.less"; doesn't seem quite right, is it? After all I think the problem doesn't have to do anything with cartero at all in my use-case. I have to give it some more thoughts. Thanks anyway for the quick reply!

[dgbeck]

Yeah I think what you are looking to do can be done and it involves the @import directive. In the sass word the way we do this is to set the import paths, so that you can just do @import "variables.less"; Good luck!