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Improve error message around invalid stylesheets and/or configs #369

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Tweak error messages
thecrypticace May 30, 2025
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Validate the path provided to `tailwindStylesheet`
thecrypticace May 30, 2025
4ca015e
Log when pointing to in invalid Tailwind CSS stylesheet or config
thecrypticace May 30, 2025
4d53841
Report on stylesheet parse errors
thecrypticace Jun 6, 2025
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80 changes: 56 additions & 24 deletions src/config.ts
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Expand Up @@ -123,12 +123,18 @@ async function loadTailwindConfig(
let pkgFile = resolveJsFrom(baseDir, `${pkgName}/package.json`)
let pkgDir = path.dirname(pkgFile)

// If the user doesn't define an entrypoint then we use the default theme
entryPoint = entryPoint ?? `${pkgDir}/theme.css`

try {
let v4 = await loadV4(baseDir, pkgDir, pkgName, entryPoint)
if (v4) {
return v4
}
} catch {}
let v4 = await loadV4(baseDir, pkgName, entryPoint)
if (v4) return v4
} catch (err) {
console.error(
`Unable to load your Tailwind CSS v4 stylesheet: ${entryPoint}`,
)
console.error(err)
}

resolveConfig = require(path.join(pkgDir, 'resolveConfig'))
createContext = require(
Expand All @@ -142,10 +148,18 @@ async function loadTailwindConfig(
loadConfig = require(path.join(pkgDir, 'loadConfig'))
} catch {}

if (tailwindConfigPath) {
clearModule(tailwindConfigPath)
const loadedConfig = loadConfig(tailwindConfigPath)
tailwindConfig = loadedConfig.default ?? loadedConfig
try {
if (tailwindConfigPath) {
clearModule(tailwindConfigPath)
const loadedConfig = loadConfig(tailwindConfigPath)
tailwindConfig = loadedConfig.default ?? loadedConfig
}
} catch (err) {
console.error(
`Unable to load your Tailwind CSS v3 config: ${tailwindConfigPath}`,
)

throw err
}

// suppress "empty content" warning
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -204,24 +218,14 @@ function createLoader<T>({
}
}

async function loadV4(
baseDir: string,
pkgDir: string,
pkgName: string,
entryPoint: string | null,
) {
async function loadV4(baseDir: string, pkgName: string, entryPoint: string) {
// Import Tailwind — if this is v4 it'll have APIs we can use directly
let pkgPath = resolveJsFrom(baseDir, pkgName)

let tw = await import(pathToFileURL(pkgPath).toString())

// This is not Tailwind v4
if (!tw.__unstable__loadDesignSystem) {
return null
}

// If the user doesn't define an entrypoint then we use the default theme
entryPoint = entryPoint ?? `${pkgDir}/theme.css`
if (!tw.__unstable__loadDesignSystem) return null

// Create a Jiti instance that can be used to load plugins and config files
let jiti = createJiti(import.meta.url, {
Expand All @@ -232,7 +236,9 @@ async function loadV4(
let importBasePath = path.dirname(entryPoint)

// Resolve imports in the entrypoint to a flat CSS tree
let css = await fs.readFile(entryPoint, 'utf-8')
let css: string

css = await fs.readFile(entryPoint, 'utf-8')

// Determine if the v4 API supports resolving `@import`
let supportsImports = false
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -354,20 +360,46 @@ function getConfigPath(options: ParserOptions, baseDir: string): string | null {

function getEntryPoint(options: ParserOptions, baseDir: string): string | null {
if (options.tailwindStylesheet) {
if (
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.js') ||
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.mjs') ||
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.cjs') ||
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.ts') ||
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.mts') ||
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.cts')
) {
console.error(
"Your `tailwindStylesheet` option points to a JS/TS config file. You must point to your project's `.css` file for v4 projects.",
)
} else if (
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.sass') ||
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.scss') ||
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.less') ||
options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.styl')
) {
console.error(
'Your `tailwindStylesheet` option points to a preprocessor file. This is unsupported and you may get unexpected results.',
)
} else if (!options.tailwindStylesheet.endsWith('.css')) {
console.error(
'Your `tailwindStylesheet` option does not point to a CSS file. This is unsupported and you may get unexpected results.',
)
}

return path.resolve(baseDir, options.tailwindStylesheet)
}

if (options.tailwindEntryPoint) {
console.warn(
'Use the `tailwindStylesheet` option for v4 projects instead of `tailwindEntryPoint`.',
'Deprecated: Use the `tailwindStylesheet` option for v4 projects instead of `tailwindEntryPoint`.',
)

return path.resolve(baseDir, options.tailwindEntryPoint)
}

if (options.tailwindConfig && options.tailwindConfig.endsWith('.css')) {
console.warn(
'Use the `tailwindStylesheet` option for v4 projects instead of `tailwindConfig`.',
'Deprecated: Use the `tailwindStylesheet` option for v4 projects instead of `tailwindConfig`.',
)

return path.resolve(baseDir, options.tailwindConfig)
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