Is it possible for Compass to output files to multiple locations from Grunt?

Question

I have a SCSS build working from Grunt that takes files in a "build" directory and outputs them to a "deploy" directory.

Is it possible to split off a single file -- the primary CSS file -- and have it output not only to the deploy directory but also on to a production server? That's the only file that will be changed now that the site is live.

I know Capistrano can do something like this, but it's probably not worth it on our end to add more technology to the workflow. So is it possible within Grunt?

Answer 1

Rather than modify the configuration of your css generation task which could result in a second copy being compiled, you can utilize an additional entry under grunt-copy:

styles: {
    expand: true,
    dot: true,
    cwd: 'deploy/styles',
    dest: 'other/styles',
    src: 'filename.css'
}

Take care that you aren't calling the entire copy task elsewhere in your Gruntfile, and when you call this instance you'll use 'copy:styles'.