How to include script with condition (IE < 9) in Rails?

Question

Ruby on Rails

I add the following piece to the head:

<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'html5shiv.min', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
<![endif]-->

Rails is supposed to find a .coffee or .js file named html5shiv.min in the javascripts folder and output its /assets/ relative path in the template (at least that's how it works if included in an application.coffee file, for example). But that doesn't happen. Instead I get:

<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="/javascripts/html5shiv.js" data-turbolinks-track="reload"></script>
<![endif]-->

Why is this happening and how then to place this script in the template with a condition for IE browsers?

Answer 1

Plug in gem html5shiv-js-rails and don't worry.