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Minifying scripts using GruntJs


I have a couple js files that I can seem to get GruntJs to concat/minify properly.

If I do each individually they work fine.

If I combine separately then attempt to minify just the combined file it doesn't work either.

Here is the error:
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Any ideas on how to fix this? Or maybe what is causing it?


Solution

  • There is currently a problem with GruntJs and the BOM I mentioned in the comment of Derick's answer.

    You can find the issue here: https://github.com/cowboy/grunt/issues/218#issuecomment-6329807

    In Visual Studio to manually remove the BOM

    Open the file > File > Advanced Save Options > Set the encoding to "Unicode without signature" > "Ok" That should remove it.