How to compile sass / scss without creating map files

Question

I went looking for this answer and noticed it is not yet on Stack Overflow. So I hope to share this knowledge for anyone in need.

Situation:

In the command line: compiling compressed SASS files from the scss folder into the css folder.

sass --watch scss:css --style compressed

This creates css files, but it also creates .map files as well.

Question:

So how do I stop these .map files from being created?

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '16 at 03:55

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Answer:

Add --sourcemap=none to your command.

So it will look like:

sass --watch scss:css --style compressed --sourcemap=none

answered Jan 20 '16 at 03:55

Willow

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I know it has been a long time, but what does it impact on SASS? – William Dec 15 '16 at 16:57
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@William, do you mean what impact do the map files have? – Willow Dec 18 '16 at 02:37
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Yes, and why did you wanted to remove those files in the first place. Id like to know more about SASS – William Dec 18 '16 at 08:29
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I remove them because there are so many and they cause conflicts with git. Here is some more information about what they do: http://thesassway.com/intermediate/using-source-maps-with-sass – Willow Dec 19 '16 at 06:07
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This answer is no longer valid, see sh78's answer below. (I think you should mention that in your answer too) – Arjun Feb 22 '21 at 13:10

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '19 at 00:32

Update for 2019

Running --sourcemap-none on the latest version of sass (1.21.0) returns Could not find an option named "sourcemap".

The new flag is --no-source-map.

━━━ Source Maps ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
--[no-]source-map          Whether to generate source maps.
                           (defaults to on)

--source-map-urls          How to link from source maps to source files.
                           [relative (default), absolute]

--[no-]embed-sources       Embed source file contents in source maps.
--[no-]embed-source-map    Embed source map contents in CSS.

Also, sass is one of the many CLI programs with built-in help output. Running sass without any arguments shows usage instruction and various flags, like this one.

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 14 '21 at 07:37

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Updated command:

sass -w input.scss output.css --style compressed --no-source-map

edited Nov 14 '21 at 07:37

Peter Csala

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answered Nov 13 '21 at 16:51

Douglas Oliveira

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 17 '21 at 02:06

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Update, now the proper command to avoid creating a map file is:

--no-source-map

answered Mar 17 '21 at 02:06

Aldo Ortiz

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How to compile sass / scss without creating map files

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