Provide initialize_on_precompile which, when set to false, does not initialize the app for precompilation. Defaults to true.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/sprockets/assets.rake b/actionpack/lib/sprockets/assets.rake
index bb5cf6740a..7b86d84a27 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/sprockets/assets.rake
+++ b/actionpack/lib/sprockets/assets.rake
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ namespace :assets do
   end
 
   task :environment do
-    Rails.application.initialize!(:assets)
-    Sprockets::Bootstrap.new(Rails.application).run
+    if Rails.application.config.assets.initialize_on_precompile
+      Rake::Task["environment"].invoke
+    else
+      Rails.application.initialize!(:assets)
+      Sprockets::Bootstrap.new(Rails.application).run
+    end
   end
 end