vlad precompile assets locally task

deploy_assets.rb

namespace :vlad do
  namespace :assets do
    remote_task :symlink, :roles => :app do
      run <<-CMD
        rm -rf #{latest_release}/public/assets &&
        mkdir -p #{latest_release}/public &&
        mkdir -p #{shared_path}/assets &&
        ln -s #{shared_path}/assets #{latest_release}/public/assets
      CMD
    end

    remote_task :upload, :roles => :app do
      `scp -r public/assets #{target_host}:#{shared_path}`
    end

    task :deploy => ['assets:precompile', :upload, :symlink]
  end
end

# Insert into your vlad:deploy chain before starting the app