title: Sass importing without compiling
body: <p>In sass, the way one imports is by using the import command. I will use Zurb Foundation as an example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@import "foundation";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This will then import the whole <code>foundation.scss</code> file and all it's relative imports to the top of the current file. This means that the entire <code>foundation.scss</code> file will be compiled and outputted along with the contents of the file to the final <code>&lt;name here&gt;.css</code> file.</p>
  
  <p>Though this is good for customisation, such as custom colors and spacing, it becomes a pain when creating libraries and distributing these libraries as individual droplets for other people to slot into their existing projects.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to import files as "references", so that <code>mixins</code> and other variables become available in the scope of the current file, but other css statements are ignored? The LESS css preprocessor has a newly implemented import tag similar to this (appropriately named a <code>reference</code>).</p>