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63 InputArgument::REQUIRED,
64 "Names of input files."
65 ]
66 ];
67 }
68
69 protected function getOptions()
70 {
71 return [
72 [
73 "output",
74 null,
75 InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL,
76 "Name of output file.",
77 null
78 ]
79 ];
80 }
81 }
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This file should be saved as app/commands/AssetMinifyCommand.php.
The minify command accepts two arguments — the type of assets (either css or js) and the commadelimited
list of asset files to minify. Like the combine command; it will output to console by default,
unless the —output option is specified.
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You can learn more about Assetic-Minifier at: https://github.com/toopay/assetic-minifier
Building Assets
Commands that accept inputs and outputs are really useful for the combining and minifying asset
files, but it’s a pain to have to specify inputs and outputs each time (especially when we have gone to
the effort of defining asset lists in configuration files). For this purpose; we need a command which
will combine and minify all the asset files appropriately.