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diff --git a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md index 2d1548f252..84cda9222e 100644 --- a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md +++ b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md @@ -124,19 +124,19 @@ with a built-in helper. In the source the generated code looked like this: The query string strategy has several disadvantages: 1. **Not all caches will reliably cache content where the filename only differs by -query parameters**<br> +query parameters** [Steve Souders recommends](http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filenames-dont-use-querystring/), "...avoiding a querystring for cacheable resources". He found that in this case 5-20% of requests will not be cached. Query strings in particular do not work at all with some CDNs for cache invalidation. -2. **The file name can change between nodes in multi-server environments.**<br> +2. **The file name can change between nodes in multi-server environments.** The default query string in Rails 2.x is based on the modification time of the files. When assets are deployed to a cluster, there is no guarantee that the timestamps will be the same, resulting in different values being used depending on which server handles the request. -3. **Too much cache invalidation**<br> +3. **Too much cache invalidation** When static assets are deployed with each new release of code, the mtime (time of last modification) of _all_ these files changes, forcing all remote clients to fetch them again, even when the content of those assets has not changed. @@ -494,10 +494,10 @@ file (if any) at the precise location of the `require_self` call. If `require_self` is called more than once, only the last call is respected. NOTE. If you want to use multiple Sass files, you should generally use the [Sass `@import` rule](http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#import) -instead of these Sprockets directives. Using Sprockets directives all Sass files exist within +instead of these Sprockets directives. When using Sprockets directives, Sass files exist within their own scope, making variables or mixins only available within the document they were defined in. -You can do file globbing as well using `@import "*"`, and `@import "**/*"` to add the whole tree -equivalent to how `require_tree` works. Check the [sass-rails documentation](https://github.com/rails/sass-rails#features) for more info and important caveats. + +You can do file globbing as well using `@import "*"`, and `@import "**/*"` to add the whole tree which is equivalent to how `require_tree` works. Check the [sass-rails documentation](https://github.com/rails/sass-rails#features) for more info and important caveats. You can have as many manifest files as you need. For example, the `admin.css` and `admin.js` manifest could contain the JS and CSS files that are used for the @@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ typical manifest file looks like: "digest":"12b3c7dd74d2e9df37e7cbb1efa76a6d"},"application-1c5752789588ac18d7e1a50b1f0fd4c2.css":{"logical_path":"application.css","mtime":"2013-07-26T22:56:17-07:00","size":1591, "digest":"1c5752789588ac18d7e1a50b1f0fd4c2"},"favicon-a9c641bf2b81f0476e876f7c5e375969.ico":{"logical_path":"favicon.ico","mtime":"2013-07-26T23:00:10-07:00","size":1406, "digest":"a9c641bf2b81f0476e876f7c5e375969"},"my_image-231a680f23887d9dd70710ea5efd3c62.png":{"logical_path":"my_image.png","mtime":"2013-07-26T23:00:27-07:00","size":6646, -"digest":"231a680f23887d9dd70710ea5efd3c62"}},"assets"{"application.js": +"digest":"231a680f23887d9dd70710ea5efd3c62"}},"assets":{"application.js": "application-723d1be6cc741a3aabb1cec24276d681.js","application.css": "application-1c5752789588ac18d7e1a50b1f0fd4c2.css", "favicon.ico":"favicona9c641bf2b81f0476e876f7c5e375969.ico","my_image.png": |