Deleting empty asset files in Rails

Question

When using scaffolding in Rails, you end up with placeholder .css/.scss and .js/.coffee files under the assets directories. Unless I am adding something to one they will stay empty.

I would assume the assets pipeline would ignore the empty files when compiling, but is there any reason I wouldn't just delete them all?

Answer 1

rails generate scaffold is just a helper. It simply generated everything that could possibly be useful to you.

Sure you can delete all unneeded files. You could also delete a model or controller after it has been created if you don't need it anymore.