How can I run SOME initializers when doing a Rails assets:precompile?
Background I have an app that I recently updated to Rails 3.2.1 (from Rails 3.0.x) and have refactored the JS and CSS assets to make use of the new asset pipeline. The app is hosted on Heroku with the Celadon Cedar stack. App Config I keep application specific configuration in a YAML file called app_config.yml and load it into a global APP_CONFIG variable using an initializer: # config/initializers/load_app_config.rb app_config_contents = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root.to_s}/config/app_config.yml") app_config_contents["default"] ||= {} APP_CONFIG = app_config_contents["default"].merge( app