Bower + Rails asset pipeline

.bowerrc

{
  "directory": "vendor/assets/components"
}

application.js

//= require pkgname

gistfile1.sh

npm install -g bower

# From your rails project directory
curl https://raw.github.com/gist/5874031/.bowerrc > ./.bowerrc

bower install <pkgname>

Its also worth noting that some bower packages haven't defined the main attribute in the package definition file (thats bower.json) — in that case, you'll need to require them by a more complete path.

So instead of:

//= require jquery-placeholder

You'll need to use a more complete path to the library:

//= require jquery-placeholder/jquery.placeholder.js

FYI, I've been filing pull requests (1, 2, 3) for packages as I come across them. Until bower implements package validation, we're boned.

Is it possible somehow to use images with rails pipeline from the components?