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@@ -409,7 +409,9 @@ cannot see application objects or methods. *Heroku requires this to be false.*
WARNING: If you set +config.assets.initialize_on_precompile+ to false, be sure to
test +rake assets:precompile+ locally before deploying. It may expose bugs where
your assets reference application objects or methods, since those are still
-in scope in development mode regardless of the value of this flag.
+in scope in development mode regardless of the value of this flag. Changing this flag also effects
+engines. Engines can define assets for precompilation as well. Since the complete environment is not loaded,
+engines (or other gems) will not be loaded which can cause missing assets.
Capistrano (v2.8.0 and above) includes a recipe to handle this in deployment. Add the following line to +Capfile+: