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+Sass is a popular CSS preprocessor that adds special features (e.g., variables, nested rules) to facilitate the
+maintenance of large sets of CSS rules. If you're curious about what Sass
+is and why it might be useful for styling your static site, the following links
+may be of interest:
+
+* The [official Sass website](http://sass-lang.com/)
+* [Why Sass?](https://alistapart.com/article/why-sass), by Dan Cederholm
+
+## Using Sass in Zola
+
+Zola processes any files with the `sass` or `scss` extension in the `sass`
+folder, and places the processed output into a `css` file with the same folder
+structure and base name into the `public` folder:
+
+```bash
+.
+└── sass
+ ├── style.scss // -> ./public/style.css
+ ├── indented_style.sass // -> ./public/indented_style.css
+ ├── _include.scss # This file won't get put into the `public` folder, but other files can @import it.
+ ├── assets
+ │ ├── fancy.scss // -> ./public/assets/fancy.css
+ │ ├── same_name.scss // -> ./public/assets/same_name.css
+ │ ├── same_name.sass # CONFLICT! This has the same base name as the file above, so Zola will return an error.
+ │ └── _common_mixins.scss # This file won't get put into the `public` folder, but other files can @import it.
+ └── secret-side-project
+ └── style.scss // -> ./public/secret-side-project/style.css
+```
+
+Files with a leading underscore in the name are not placed into the `public`
+folder, but can still be used as `@import` dependencies. For more information, see the "Partials" section of
+[Sass Basics](https://sass-lang.com/guide).
+
+Files with the `scss` extension use "Sassy CSS" syntax,
+while files with the `sass` extension use the "indented" syntax: <https://sass-lang.com/documentation/syntax>.
+Zola will return an error if `scss` and `sass` files with the same
+base name exist in the same folder to avoid confusion -- see the example above.