Question

My js.erb files are not being regenerated even when I restart the development server. Is there a way for me to force the asset pipeline to regenerate all of the javascript assets every time I restart the server?

If I change the actual .js.erb source file then it recompiles fine, but the code pulls from the database, reading seeded data that could change between server restarts.

Answer 1

Late call here, but having had this problem all over the place, and being REALLY annoyed by it, dug in a bit. Here’s my solution:

On restarting your server, rm -rf tmp/cache/*

That will blow away the SCSS and other cached assets, and force a recompile.

You could run rake assets:clean instead if you prefer or are using Rake to restart your server.

Obviously, doing this slows server restart by a bit, but may be worth it for the removal of this major pain point…