Monday, December 26, 2011, 3:45:08 PM, you wrote:

RS> Monday, December 26, 2011, 1:17:14 PM, you wrote:

RS>> Referring to http://guides.rubyonrails.org/asset_pipeline.html it says:

RS>> - - - -
RS>> You can add additional (fully qualified) paths to the pipeline in
RS>> config/application.rb. For example:
RS>> config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join("app", "assets", "flash")
RS>> - - - -

RS>> I did that but when I look at
RS>>   Rails.application.config.assets.paths
RS>> later in the code, the path to app/assets/flash has disappeared.

RS>> What's the right way to add a path to assets?

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RS> I'll answer my own question.

RS> The documentation is wrong.

RS> Instead create a file (an initializer) in config\initializers.  I called 
mine
RS>   add_to_asset_paths.rb


RS> My config\initializers\add_to_asset_paths.rb looks like
RS> - - - - -
RS> # Ralph: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/asset_pipeline.html is wrong
RS> Rails.application.config.assets.paths << (Rails.root.join("app", "assets", 
"flash")).to_s
RS> - - - - -

RS> I hope this saves someone else from pulling their hair out.

I'd like to push a documentation change but given that I am clueless how to do 
it and don't want to go through the learning curve myslef, if someone wants to 
give me a hand showing me how, I'd sure like to learn.

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