Gulp TypeError: Arguments to path.join must be strings

Question

I have i problem with gulp-ruby-sass. When i try to run the watch task and change some .sass files it occurs error:

TypeError: Arguments to path.joi         


        

Answer 1

gulp-ruby-sass syntax changes in version 1.0.0. See this issue:

https://github.com/sindresorhus/gulp-ruby-sass/issues/191

New docs are currently here:

https://github.com/sindresorhus/gulp-ruby-sass/tree/rw/1.0#gulp-ruby-sass-is-a-gulp-source-adapter

This should compile sass files in specified directory:

gulp.task('sass', function() {
    return sass('sass/')
        .pipe(gulp.dest('./css'));
});

Answer 2

With the syntax changes in gulp-ruby-sass starting from 1.0.0-alpha, you'll need to use gulp-ruby-sass() instead of gulp.src() to compile your Sass from a file or directory.

If you try to use the original syntax with newer or latest versions, you may encounter the following error:

TypeError: Arguments to path.join must be strings

For example, the original syntax in 0.7.x and earlier using gulp.src(), now deprecated:

var gulp = require('gulp');
var sass = require('gulp-ruby-sass');

// gulp-ruby-sass: 0.7.1
gulp.task('sass', function() {
    return gulp.src('path/to/scss')
        .pipe(sass({ style: 'expanded' }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('path/to/css'));
});

The new syntax introduced in 1.x using gulp-ruby-sass() as a gulp source adapter:

// gulp-ruby-sass: 1.x
gulp.task('sass', function() {
    return sass('path/to/scss', { style: 'expanded' })
        .pipe(gulp.dest('path/to/css'));
});

Notice the difference in the first line of the return statement.

Also keep in mind, as of this writing when using gulp-ruby-sass 1.0.0-alpha, globs are not supported yet.

Answer 3

Slightly off-topic, but in the case of also wanting to use gulp-sourcemaps, the various documentation out there is somewhat outdated. To use rjb's example with sourcemaps, you would thus go

// gulp-ruby-sass: 1.x
gulp.task('sass', function() {
    return sass('path/to/scss', { style: 'expanded', sourcemap: true })
        .pipe(sourcemaps.init({loadMaps: true}))
        .pipe(sourcemaps.write('./'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('path/to/css'));
});

Note that the destination arg for sourcemaps, './', will evaluate to the folder in the line below, gulp.dest(...), effectively here, map-file will end up in 'path/to/css'.

Credit for this goes to http://www.devworkflows.com/posts/getting-scss-auto-prefixer-and-source-map-to-play-nice/.