Support for Rails "//= require"

[dalexj]

I would love = be added to the allowed characters after comments to support Rails's javascript manifest file

The file has lines such as:

//= require jquery

[bcomnes]

Overloading comments seems inconsistent with standards alignment with commonjs' require statement. Why not just var $ = require('jquery') ?

[rstacruz]

I develop Rails apps, and sorry, getting a CommonJS require/import workflow with Rails is more trouble than its worth. As a workaround, use this instead:

/*
 *= require jquery
 *= require turbolinks
 *= require such_and_such
 */

[dalexj]

this works for me, thanks @rstacruz

[bcomnes]

@rstacruz thanks for the clarification. 👍

[bcomnes]

Should we add this to the FAQ?

[rstacruz]

sure, sounds reasonable.