fix problem with custom scss files and precompiling assets in production mode.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 8cf7e30..2c9c55a 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module LeapWeb
 
     # Enable the asset pipeline
     config.assets.enabled = true
-    config.assets.initialize_on_precompile = false
+    config.assets.initialize_on_precompile = true # don't change this (see customization.rb)
 
     # Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets
     config.assets.version = '1.0'
diff --git a/config/initializers/customization.rb b/config/initializers/customization.rb
index 08da518..bc9c834 100644
--- a/config/initializers/customization.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/customization.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ customization_directory = "#{Rails.root}/config/customization"
 #
 # Set customization stylesheets as the first asset path
 #
-#   (This cannot go in application.rb, because the default paths
-#    haven't been loaded yet, as far as I can tell)
+# Some notes:
+#
+# * This cannot go in application.rb, as far as I can tell. In application.rb, the default paths
+#   haven't been loaded yet, so the path we add will always end up at the end unless we add it here.
+#
+# * For this to work, config.assets.initialize_on_precompile MUST be set to true, otherwise
+#   this initializer will never get called in production mode when the assets are precompiled.
 #
 Rails.application.config.assets.paths.unshift "#{customization_directory}/stylesheets"