Question

for some reason the asset files are no longer being required from within application.js/css files. I got these lines in both:

 *= require_self
 *= require_tree .

and a ton of asset files in both stylesheets and javascripts folders.

the app log ( development mode ) :

Started GET "/assets/application.css?body=1" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-04-30 17:03:44 +0300
Served asset /application.css - 304 Not Modified (7ms)


Started GET "/assets/application.js?body=1" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-04-30 17:03:45 +0300
Served asset /application.js - 304 Not Modified (2ms)

When I check the contents of the loaded application.js/css file from within the browser it has these two lines ( commented out ):

 *= require_self
 *= require_tree .

so it actually looks like application asset files are not being evaluted.
Could you please advice what might be the possible cause?

ubuntu 12.04, rvm, ruby 1.9.3-p194, nodejs

Answer 1

Some tips:

Those magic comments must be part of the first comments in the file, nothing, not even whitelines must be in front of it.

The complete contents of application.css must be at least:

/*
 *= require_self
 *= require_tree .
 */

And of application.js:

//= require_self
//= require_tree .

Also, be sure to hard refresh your application so your browser won’t use cached results.