Question

how do I install the latest, unreleased version of rails? i.e. edge rails? have followed some suggestions but still seem to have version 2.3.5…

Answer 1

All you have to do is run rake rails:freeze:edge in your project.

Another option if you haven’t started your project yet is this:

mkdir -p foo/vendor
cd foo
git clone git://github.com/rails/rails.git vendor/rails
ruby vendor/rails/railties/bin/rails .

or, if you’re planning to use git for your project:

mkdir -p foo/vendor
cd foo
git init
git submodule add git://github.com/rails/rails.git vendor/rails
git commit -m "Added Rails Edge as submodule"
ruby vendor/rails/railties/bin/rails .