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Sprockets

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Ruby asset-pipeline library that became official in Rails 3.1 (2011-ish). Concatenates files for compression, minifies them, and fingerprints URLs with content hashes so cache invalidation happens automatically when a file changes. Adopted as a gem in 2009 before being absorbed by Rails. Largely superseded by Prop Shaft in modern Rails setups since HTTP/2 removes most of the need for concatenation and native ES modules remove the need for minification-heavy toolchains.

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Covered as the 2009/3.1-era Rails asset pipeline eventually replaced by Prop Shaft.
tool Prop Shaft
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Prop Shaft replaced Sprockets in the Rails 7+ minimal asset pipeline.

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