Proper way to customize Bower-installed components
问题 When I use Bower to install something like bootstrap-sass-official , it installs it in the bower_components directory. A component like Bootstrap allows for customization by editing the file bower_components/assets/stylesheets/_bootstrap.scss . In this case, you simple pick and choose which parts of Bootstrap you want to use for your project. It is well known that it is most efficient and best practice to leave packages and components like ./bower_components , ./vendor , ./node_modules etc