Question

I am working on a rails app which uses a gem also in development. In my rails app, I have

gem 'somegem', :path => '~/r/somegem'

However, when I make changes to the code in somegem it does not update in my rails app. I’m not sure which bundler commands I should be using after making changes, or if I need to at all. Restarting the rails app doesn’t help either.

Any suggestions on developing rails app with bundler and the :path option?

Answer 1

Run this command:

bundle install

This command evaluates your Gemfile and installs all missing dependencies. It will re-package your gem from that location and make it available via bundle exec next time you use it.

Also, be sure to start the server with:

bundle exec rails s

to be sure you’re using your bundle’s gems.