Rails: Delayed Memcache invalidation (unseful for heroku deployments)

00_asset_cache_check.rb

# /config/initializers/00_asset_cache_check.rb

currenthash = File.read ".cacheversion"
cachehash   = Rails.cache.read "cacheversion"

puts "Checking cache version: #{cachehash} against slug version: #{currenthash}\n"

if currenthash != cachehash
  puts "flushing cache\n"
  Rails.cache.clear
  Rails.cache.write "cacheversion", currenthash
else
  puts "cache ok\n"
end

store_asset_cacheversion.rake

# /lib/tasks/store_asset_cacheversion.rake
# add uuidtools to Gemfile

require "uuidtools"

def storeCacheVersion
  cacheversion = UUIDTools::UUID.random_create
  File.open(".cacheversion", "w") { |file| file.write(cacheversion) }
end

Rake::Task["assets:precompile"].enhance do
  puts "Storing git hash in file for cache invalidation (assets:precompile)\n"
  storeCacheVersion
end

Rake::Task["assets:precompile:nondigest"].enhance do
  puts "Storing git hash in file for cache invalidation (assets:precompile:nondigest)\n"
  storeCacheVersion
end