Set default location of manifest with config.assets.manifest

3 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index 85e0cd5061..fa7e3b820b 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module Rails
         @assets.debug           = false
         @assets.compile         = true
         @assets.digest          = false
+        @assets.manifest        = "#{root}/public#{@assets.prefix}"
         @assets.cache_store     = [ :file_store, "#{root}/tmp/cache/assets/" ]
         @assets.js_compressor   = nil
         @assets.css_compressor  = nil
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt
index b4754cfc6d..64e2c09467 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
   # Generate digests for assets URLs
   config.assets.digest = true
 
+  # Defaults to Rails.root.join("public/assets")
+  # config.assets.manifest = YOUR_PATH
+
   # Specifies the header that your server uses for sending files
   # config.action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header = "X-Sendfile" # for apache
   # config.action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header = 'X-Accel-Redirect' # for nginx
diff --git a/railties/test/application/assets_test.rb b/railties/test/application/assets_test.rb
index a4d7fc92f5..ccadf0b2c0 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/assets_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/assets_test.rb
@@ -79,6 +79,23 @@ module ApplicationTests
       assert_match /application-([0-z]+)\.css/, assets["application.css"]
     end
 
+    test "precompile creates a manifest file in a custom path with all the assets listed" do
+      app_file "app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.erb", "<%= asset_path('rails.png') %>"
+      app_file "app/assets/javascripts/application.js", "alert();"
+      FileUtils.mkdir "#{app_path}/shared"
+      app_file "config/initializers/manifest.rb", "Rails.application.config.assets.manifest = '#{app_path}/shared'"
+
+      capture(:stdout) do
+        Dir.chdir(app_path){ `bundle exec rake assets:precompile` }
+      end
+
+      manifest = "#{app_path}/shared/manifest.yml"
+
+      assets = YAML.load_file(manifest)
+      assert_match /application-([0-z]+)\.js/, assets["application.js"]
+      assert_match /application-([0-z]+)\.css/, assets["application.css"]
+    end
+
     test "assets do not require any assets group gem when manifest file is present" do
       app_file "app/assets/javascripts/application.js", "alert();"