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@@ -152,6 +152,93 @@ With `touch` set to true, any action which changes `updated_at` for a game
 record will also change it for the associated product, thereby expiring the
 cache.
 
+### Managing dependencies
+
+In order to correctly invalidate the cache, you need to properly define the
+caching dependencies. Rails is clever enough to handle common cases so you don't
+have to specify anything. However, sometimes, when you're dealing with custom
+helpers for instance, you need to explicitly define them.
+
+#### Implicit dependencies
+
+Most template dependencies can be derived from calls to `render` in the template
+itself. Here are some examples of render calls that `ActionView::Digestor` knows
+how to decode:
+
+```ruby
+render partial: "comments/comment", collection: commentable.comments
+render "comments/comments"
+render 'comments/comments'
+render('comments/comments')
+
+render "header" => render("comments/header")
+
+render(@topic)         => render("topics/topic")
+render(topics)         => render("topics/topic")
+render(message.topics) => render("topics/topic")
+```
+
+On the other hand, some calls need to be changed to make caching work properly.
+For instance, if you're passing a custom collection, you'll need to change:
+
+```ruby
+render @project.documents.where(published: true)
+```
+
+to:
+
+```ruby
+render partial: "documents/document", collection: @project.documents.where(published: true)
+```
+
+#### Explicit dependencies
+
+Sometimes you'll have template dependencies that can't be derived at all. This
+is typically the case when rendering happens in helpers. Here's an example:
+
+```html+erb
+<%= render_sortable_todolists @project.todolists %>
+```
+
+You'll need to use a special comment format to call those out:
+
+```html+erb
+<%# Template Dependency: todolists/todolist %>
+<%= render_sortable_todolists @project.todolists %>
+```
+
+In some cases, like a single table inheritance setup, you might have a bunch of
+explicit dependencies. Instead of writing every template out, you can use a
+wildcard to match any template in a directory:
+
+```html+erb
+<%# Template Dependency: events/* %>
+<%= render_categorizable_events @person.events %>
+```
+
+As for collection caching, if the partial template doesn't start with a clean
+cache call, you can still benefit from collection caching by adding a special
+comment format anywhere in the template, like:
+
+```html+erb
+<%# Template Collection: notification %>
+<% my_helper_that_calls_cache(some_arg, notification) do %>
+  <%= notification.name %>
+<% end %>
+```
+
+#### External dependencies
+
+If you use a helper method, for example, inside a cached block and you then update
+that helper, you'll have to bump the cache as well. It doesn't really matter how
+you do it, but the md5 of the template file must change. One recommendation is to
+simply be explicit in a comment, like:
+
+```html+erb
+<%# Helper Dependency Updated: Jul 28, 2015 at 7pm %>
+<%= some_helper_method(person) %>
+```
+
 ### Low-Level Caching
 
 Sometimes you need to cache a particular value or query result instead of caching view fragments. Rails' caching mechanism works great for storing __any__ kind of information.