How do I make web essentials compile my less in min.css per build?
Have you tried checking out the CSS setting mentioned in this blog post:
Visual Studio Web Essentials: Synchronize Settings
In a blog post she talks about a similar scenario and suggests taking a look in Visual Studio at Tools> Options> Web Essentials> CSS. From here you want to check and see that in the Minify section, the Minify files to save are set to True .
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For everyone who had this problem, I had the same thing where it doesn't compile on save. I fixed this by downloading the web compiler part of the Web Essentials package. The link for the compiler is here: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.WebCompiler
Now when I save my .less file it updates the less.min file :) Hope this saves someone some time and trouble !!
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