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When I deploy my app to the production environment (using capistrano), I have been getting an error during asset pre-compilation: <pre><code> * executing `deploy:assets:precompile' * executing "cd /home/ubuntu/projects/Marketplace-web/releases/20130124162353 && bundle exec rake RAILS_ENV=production RAILS_GROUPS=assets assets:precompile" servers: ["server_name"] [server_name] executing command *** [err :: server_name] rake aborted! *** [err :: server_name] File name too long - /home/ubuntu/projects/Marketplace-web/releases/20130124162353/public/assets/assets/assets/assets/assets/assets/assets/assets/assets/assets/assets/assets/assets/widgets/jquery.jcarousel-d505e569ed1040e0b45bc33e0e49f117.js-26b4b41e4a45cb353ba7e39510893ace-93b194138c96579222ca08f9651946a7-43eca25d0cc511b37176bc58d8575e1a-1b97916c47bfa22545013b3751cb59e4-d9043106773924d12596e08b349f00dc-b7b7aa9bf440ca19896b1103d7651728-c40c1f2b8b11e6de163fefea9db6778c.gz+ </code></pre> I found a comment on <a href="http://railscasts.com/episodes/335-deploying-to-a-vps?view=comments" rel="nofollow">http://railscasts.com/episodes/335-deploying-to-a-vps?view=comments</a> , saying the issue can be solved by removing this from my config/application.rb: <pre><code>config.assets.paths << "#{Rails.root}/public" </code></pre> I removed it, and the task stopped re-compiling my pre-compiled, static assets in the public/assets folder, but my question is: Why was it doing that in the first place? Isn't that config line intended to tell Rails where to find my other, non-compiled, static assets? Why would it be trying to compile assets in the config.assets.paths array? Don't I need that line so Rails knows where to find my static assets? Am I doing it all wrong? Where should I be putting my non-compiled, static assets and how should I tell Rails where to find them?
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