Only pre-compile when necessary

no_pre_compile.rb

# set the locations that we will look for changed assets to determine whether to precompile
set :assets_dependencies, %w(app/assets lib/assets vendor/assets Gemfile.lock config/routes.rb)

# clear the previous precompile task
Rake::Task["deploy:assets:precompile"].clear_actions
class PrecompileRequired < StandardError; end

namespace :deploy do
  namespace :assets do
    desc "Precompile assets"
    task :precompile do
      on roles(fetch(:assets_roles)) do
        within release_path do
          with rails_env: fetch(:rails_env) do
            begin
              # find the most recent release
              latest_release = capture(:ls, '-xr', releases_path).split[1]

              # precompile if this is the first deploy
              raise PrecompileRequired unless latest_release

              latest_release_path = releases_path.join(latest_release)

              # precompile if the previous deploy failed to finish precompiling
              execute(:ls, latest_release_path.join('assets_manifest_backup')) rescue raise(PrecompileRequired)

              fetch(:assets_dependencies).each do |dep|
                # execute raises if there is a diff
                execute(:diff, '-Naur', release_path.join(dep), latest_release_path.join(dep)) rescue raise(PrecompileRequired)
              end

              info("Skipping asset precompile, no asset diff found")

              # copy over all of the assets from the last release
              execute(:cp, '-r', latest_release_path.join('public', fetch(:assets_prefix)), release_path.join('public', fetch(:assets_prefix)))
            rescue PrecompileRequired
              execute(:rake, "assets:precompile") 
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end