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h4. Asset Organization
Loads from /app/assets, /lib/assets, /vendor/assets, and your gem's assets
WIP
Sprockets will automatically load manifest files by searching directories in app/assets and including the first file with a basename of index. (Confirm and add: does it load app/assets/index?)
h4. Directives
require_tree, require, require_self
WIP
Sprockets, the rails tie that powers the asset pipeline, provides three directives which are like Ruby's methods. They are: +require+, +require_tree+, and +require_self+. These directives must be called at the top of a file in a comment with an equal sign before it. (note: CSS directives need *= if in a continuous comment -- confirm please)
The require directive loads a file with the supplied basename from the following paths: app/assets/*, lib/assets/*, vendor/assets/*, as well as any of your gem's asset files.
Require tree does...
Require self does...
h4. Stacking Preprocessors
filename.css.scss not filename.scss.css, how and why
Sprockets allows you to stack preprocessors. The stack is ran off the file extensions in a last in, first out method (like popping an array). For example if we want to make a JavaScript asset with both CoffeeScript and ERB the file would be named: +name.js.coffee.erb+. If it were named +name.js.erb.coffee+ CoffeeScript would raise an error because it doesn't understand ERB tags.
h4. Adding a Preproccessor
WIP
https://github.com/rtomayko/tilt for gems or config.register_processor('text/css', MyAwesomeProccessor) for local stuff
