The first application.scss.css
/*
*= @import reset;
*= @import 'components/**/*';
*= @import 'pages/**/*';
*/
Sprockets renders as:
<html>
<head>
...
<link href="/assets/application.css?body=1" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" />
...
<head>
<body>...</body>
</html>
And this second application.scss.css
/*
*= require reset;
*= require_tree ./components;
*= require_tree ./pages;
*/
Sprockets renders as:
<html>
<head>
...
<link href="/assets/reset.css?body=1" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="/assets/components/example.css?body=1" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="/assets/pages/example.css?body=1" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="/assets/application.css?body=1" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" />
...
<head>
<body>...</body>
</html>