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I'm using Django Pipeline as a drop in minifier for my static files.

What I would like to happen is that when I run collectstatic that the django-pipeline would minify the file and output it with the same filename in the output folder. e.g.

static_input/myfile.js #50kb -> collectstatic -> static_output/myfile.js #25kb

Looking through the docs, it only seems possible to output multiple files to one file e.g.

PIPELINE = {
    'PIPELINE_ENABLED': True,
    'JAVASCRIPT': {
        'stats': {
            'source_filenames': (
              'js/jquery.js',
              'js/d3.js',
              'js/collections/*.js',
              'js/application.js',
            ),
            'output_filename': 'js/stats.js',
        }
    }
}

Is there a way to make django-pipeline simply minify my static files without trying to merge and rename them?

Bigbob556677
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output_filename is a required parameter in the django-pipeline, strongly indicating that you are out of luck. https://django-pipeline.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html

None of the currently available compressors specify a way to avoid merging of files. https://django-pipeline.readthedocs.io/en/latest/compressors.html

You could write your own compressor, but that is probably too much work.

Master117
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  • Yea thats what it was seeming like. Outside of manually specifying all my input and output file names. Ill look into a custom compressor – Bigbob556677 Nov 20 '20 at 15:59
  • @Bigbob556677 You could just use a different minifier before, as a cmd line script. – Master117 Nov 20 '20 at 16:07