When you define mixins with the same name, you may possibly get conflicting code. This recipe explains how to prevent name collisions in Sass.
Read the Installing Sass for command line usage recipe of Chapter 1, Getting Started with Sass, to install Ruby Sass on your system. This recipe uses Ruby Sass to compile your CSS code. The SCSS code can be edited in your favorite text editor.
The following steps will demonstrate you how duplicate mixin names may influence the compiled CSS code:
Create a Sass template called
mixins.scss
. This file should contain the SCSS code like that shown here:// scss-lint:disable PropertySpelling @mixin mixin { property: first; } s1 { @include mixin; } @mixin mixin { property: second; } s2 { @include mixin; }
Compile the SCSS code from the first step by running the following command in your console:
sass mixins.scss
The command outputs the following CSS code in your console...