1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/assets.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/assets.rake
index 5d2f02af13..4678ea460e 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/assets.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/assets.rake
@@ -7,4 +7,15 @@ namespace :assets do
     assets = Rails.application.config.assets.precompile
     Rails.application.assets.precompile(*assets)
   end
+
+  desc "Remove compiled assets"
+  task :clean => :environment do
+    assets = Rails.application.config.assets
+    public_asset_path = Rails.public_path + assets.prefix
+    file_list = FileList.new("#{public_asset_path}/*.js", "#{public_asset_path}/*.css")
+    file_list.each do |file|
+      rm file
+      rm "#{file}.gz", :force => true
+    end
+  end
 end