Temporary fix for the extra newline (
) Rails 3.2.3 + Haml are adding to the output of the text_area form helper.

fixing_x000a.rb

module ActionView
  module Helpers
    module FormHelper
      def text_area(object_name, method, options = {})
        html = InstanceTag.new(object_name, method, self, options.delete(:object)).to_text_area_tag(options)
        html.sub(/>\
/, '>').html_safe
      end
    end
  end
end