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authorMichael Pearson <mipearson@gmail.com>2012-05-02 17:42:33 +1000
committerMichael Pearson <mipearson@gmail.com>2012-05-02 17:42:33 +1000
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Add note about image_tag('') issue in Asset Pipeline guide (see rails issue #3080)
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<%= image_tag "icons/rails.png" %>
</erb>
+WARNING: If you're precompiling your assets (see "In Production":#in-production below), linking to an asset that does not exist will raise an exception in the calling page. This includes linking to a blank string. As such, be careful using <tt>image_tag</tt> and the other helpers with user-supplied data.
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h5. CSS and ERB
The asset pipeline automatically evaluates ERB. This means that if you add an +erb+ extension to a CSS asset (for example, +application.css.erb+), then helpers like +asset_path+ are available in your CSS rules: