Anyone know how to run an arbitrary command at the start of the #RubyOnRails asset pipeline process? I want to hook in to build an included javascript file on the fly, but my search-fu is completely failing me...
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Got a working example if'n you want it.
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This means your asset pipeline build gets run before every test run. We noped out on this with plain old Rake file tasks for (largely symbolic) application.js and application.css (which don't get built when not out of date).
The state of the Rails asset build pipeline is Not That Great rn.
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Likewise importmaps. I'm afraid the main file is a bit like combining Gemfile and Gemfile.lock. If you have anything beyond trivial dependencies it becomes unmanageable. Package managers are hard, and importmaps is a bit too simple.
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https://gist.github.com/rgarner/fcd16f1fe0043bad8b8c5d971412ff84
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