class Sprockets::Asset

def dependency_fresh?(dep = {})
  path, mtime, hexdigest = dep.values_at('path', 'mtime', 'hexdigest')
  stat = environment.stat(path)
  # If path no longer exists, its definitely stale.
  if stat.nil?
    return false
  end
  # Compare dependency mime to the actual mtime. If the
  # dependency mtime is newer than the actual mtime, the file
  # hasn't changed since we created this `Asset` instance.
  #
  # However, if the mtime is newer it doesn't mean the asset is
  # stale. Many deployment environments may recopy or recheckout
  # assets on each deploy. In this case the mtime would be the
  # time of deploy rather than modified time.
  if mtime >= stat.mtime
    return true
  end
  digest = environment.file_digest(path)
  # If the mtime is newer, do a full digest comparsion. Return
  # fresh if the digests match.
  if hexdigest == digest.hexdigest
    return true
  end
  # Otherwise, its stale.
  false
end