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Inconsistent Indentation

In running the sass watch operator, I am receiving the following error: error sass.css (Line 39: Inconsistent indentation: 2 spaces were used for indentation. but the rest of the document was indented using 8 spaces.)

Change detected to: scss.css

My code contains the following: // VARIABLES ------------------------------------ /

$white: #fff;

$color-primary: #278da4; $color-secondary: #b13c69; $color-accent: #eeea72; $color-shade: #eee;

$color-text: #343434; $color-bg: #3acec2; $color-bg-light: #009fe1;

$font-stack-primary: 'Raleway', sans-serif; $font-stack-secondary: 'Bree Serif', serif;

/* BASE ------------------------------------------- */

  • { box-sizing: border-box; }

body { color: $color-text; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; font-family: $font-stack-primary; text-align: center; margin: 0; }

h1, h2 { font-family: $font-stack-secondary; }

ul { list-style-type: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; }

p { margin-bottom: 1.25em; }

/* HEADER & FOOTER -------------------------------- */

header { height: 460px; background: linear-gradient($color-bg-light, $color-bg), url('../img/bg.jpg') no-repeat; background-blend-mode: multiply; background-size: cover; position: relative; }

header::after { content: ''; display: block; width: 100%; height: 50px; position: absolute; transform: skewY(-2deg); background-color: $white; bottom: -25px; }

header h1 { color: $white; font-size: 4.8em; margin-bottom: 0; letter-spacing: 1px; }

header p { color: $color-accent; font-size: 1.25em; margin: 0; }

footer { padding: 2em 0 0; height: 100px; background-color: $color-shade; margin-top: 3.5em; position: relative; }

footer::before { content: ''; display: block; width: 100%; height: 50px; position: absolute; transform: skewY(-2deg); background-color: $color-shade; top: -25px; }

/* CONTAINERS ------------------------------------- */

.inner { padding: 0.5em 1em; }

.intro { margin: auto; padding: 1em 1em 3em; }

/* COMPONENTS ------------------------------------- */

.main-nav { margin-top: 1em; }

.img-featured { width: 165px; border: 4px solid $white; border-radius: 50%; margin-top: 75px; position: relative; z-index: 100; }

.card { display: flex; flex-direction: column; padding: 1.5em 1em; border: 1px solid $color-shade; border-radius: 0.25em; }

.card h1 { color: $color-primary; margin: 0.35em 0 0; line-height: 1.25; }

.btn-info { color: $white; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 0.75em 1.5em; border-radius: 0.35em; background-color: $color-primary;
margin-top: auto; }

/* MEDIA QUERIES ---------------------------------- */

@media (max-width: 575px) { header { height: 340px; } header h1 { font-size: 3.4em; } .img-featured { display: none; } }

@media (min-width: 576px) { .main-content { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.card { flex: 1; } }

@media (min-width: 768px) { .main-content { width: 90%; max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto; } }

@media (min-width: 992px) { header { background-position: 0 0, 0 45%; } .intro { width: 45%; } }

I searched everywhere online to try and figure this out with no avail. Clueless on what to do do next.

Thanks.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,184 Points

To format your pasted-in code so the spacing shows up, use the instructions for code formatting in the Markdown Cheatsheet pop-up below the "Add an Answer" area. :arrow_heading_down:   Or watch this video on code formatting.

1 Answer

Thanks Steven,

I realized what I did. I wrote the code for the watcher incorrectly. I typed in the following (orginally): treehouse:~/workspace$ sass --watch scss.css

Instead, it should have been: treehouse:~/workspace$ sass --watch scss:css

What a difference a period and a colon can make.