auto-minify

Minifies JS and CSS files.

Quickstart

on: [push]

jobs:
  minify:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: check out the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: auto minify the files
        uses: nizarmah/auto-minify@v3

      - name: auto commit the minified files
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
        with:
          commit_message: "bot: Add auto minified files"

Features

• Flexibility: Minify JS and CSS files with the engine of your choice.
• Customization: Specify directories, handle file overwrites, and control traversal depth.
• Reliability: Continuous integration tests validate functionality and predictability.

Customization

Inputs

Input	Description	Required	Default Value
directory	Directory that contains the files you want to minify.	false	.
output	Directory that contains the minified files.	false	.
overwrite	Overwrites the existing files with the minified version. Defaults to false.	false	false
maxdepth	Descend at most levels (a non-negative integer) levels of directories below the starting-points.	false
js_engine	Specifies which of the supported packages minifies JS files. Supported packages: babel, uglify-js	false	babel
css_engine	Specifies which of the supported packages minifies CSS files. Supported packages: lightning, clean-css	false	lightning

Important

All paths are relative to the root of the repository.

output defaults to the same directory as directory, unless specified.

maxdepth traverses into all subdirectories by default.

Examples

Overwriting existing files

on: [push]

jobs:
  minify:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: check out the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: replace js and css files with minified ones
        uses: nizarmah/auto-minify@v3
        with:
          overwrite: true

      - name: auto commit the minified files
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
        with:
          commit_message: "bot: Add auto minified files"

Restricting traversal depth

on: [push]

jobs:
  minify:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: check out the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: auto minify files at most 1 level deep
        uses: nizarmah/auto-minify@v3
        with:
          maxdepth: 1

      - name: auto commit the minified files
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
        with:
          commit_message: "bot: Add auto minified files"

Targeting specific directories

on: [push]

jobs:
  minify:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: check out the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: auto minify files in the js directory
        uses: nizarmah/auto-minify@v3
        with:
          directory: 'js'

      - name: auto commit the minified files
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
        with:
          commit_message: "bot: Add auto minified files"

Saving to a different directory

on: [push]

jobs:
  minify:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: check out the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: auto minify files to a different directory
        uses: nizarmah/auto-minify@v3
        with:
          directory: 'assets'
          output: 'mini_assets'

      - name: auto commit the minified files
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
        with:
          commit_message: "bot: Add auto minified files"

Using different engines

on: [push]

jobs:
  minify:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: check out the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: auto minify files with different engines
        uses: nizarmah/auto-minify@v3
        with:
          js_engine: 'uglify-js'
          css_engine: 'clean-css'

      - name: auto commit the minified files
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
        with:
          commit_message: "bot: Add auto minified files"

Tip

If you can't find what you're looking for, check our automated tests.

Contributing

Your contributions are welcome! There's no guide yet, but don't hold back.

If it's a bug, please provide a minimal example to reproduce it.

If it's a feature, please provide a use case for it.

If it's a pull request, please provide a description and a test case for it.

Cheers!

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

We also provide major version tags to make it easier to always use the latest release of a major version. For example, you can use nizarmah/auto-minify@v3 to always use the latest release of the current major version.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.