Backpack

Getting started

Install Backpack globally, then import it in your Rails project.

gem install backpack

# At your Rails project root:
backpack import

Usage

Configure colors tokens

Open app/assets/stylesheets/tokens/_colors.scss and follow the instructions.

Sync tokens with Figma

  1. Use Export/Import variables plugin to export the Backpack group.
  2. Save Backpack.json in the figma/ directory.
  3. Run backpack sync

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Running the CLI

You can run the command line in development:

bundle exec bin/backpack

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/etaminstudio/backpack.