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local_asset_precompile

⚙️ Local Asset Precompilation for Faster Deploys​

Precompiling assets on your local machine can drastically reduce deploy times and server load. By generating the compiled files locally and uploading them, you avoid spending precious seconds on each web server. Add a custom task in config/deploy.rb to run the assets:precompile rake task locally and sync the output to your release.

# config/deploy.rb
namespace :deploy do
  desc 'Precompile assets locally and upload to servers'
  task :compile_assets_locally do
    run_locally { execute 'RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake assets:precompile' }
    on roles(:web) do
      upload!('public/assets/', "#{release_path}/public/assets/", recursive: true)
    end
    run_locally { execute 'rm -rf public/assets' }
  end
  before :updated, 'deploy:compile_assets_locally'
end