[asset pipeline] add capistrano task

Task still needs to symlink default rails default
filestore location, but code may still be settling
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Richard Hulse 2011-07-13 21:20:53 +12:00
parent 991678c1df
commit 5dcebd7e38

@ -261,7 +261,21 @@ The rake task is:
rake assets:precompile
</erb>
TODO: explain where to use this with Capistrano
You can run this as part of a Capistrano deployment:
<erb>
before "deploy:symlink", "deploy:precompile_assets"
desc "Compile pipeline assets"
task :precompile_assets do
run "#{release_path}; RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} bundle exec rake assets:precompile"
end
</erb>
If you are not precompiling your assets, and you are using the default cache file store (which is the filesystem), you will need to symlink +rails_root/tmp/cache/assets+ from the shared folder that is part of the Capistrano deployment structure. This is so the cached file persist between deployments.
TODO: Extend above task to allow for this and add task to set it up (See commits 8f0e0b6 and 704ee0df).
The default matcher for compiling files is rather broad: