Install Gem from Github Branch?

Question

In my gemfile I have this:

gem "authlogic", :git => "git://github.com/odorcicd/authlogic.git", :branch => "rails3" 

How do I install that as a gem so I can test it?

Answer 1

You don't need to build the gem locally. In your gemfile you can specify a github source with a ref, branch or tag.

gem 'rails', git: 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git', ref: '4aded' gem 'rails', git: 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git', branch: '2-3-stable' gem 'rails', git: 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git', tag: 'v2.3.5' 

Then you run bundle install or the short form is just bundle.

Read more about it here: http://bundler.io/man/gemfile.5.html#GIT

Update: There's a github source identifier.

gem 'country_select', github: 'stefanpenner/country_select' 

However, they warn against using it: NOTE: This shorthand should be avoided until Bundler 2.0, since it currently expands to an insecure git:// URL. This allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to compromise your system.

After Bundler 2.0, you can get around the above issue with this statement near the top of the Gemfile:

git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" } 

Answer 2

1. Clone the Git repository.

   $ git clone git://github.com/odorcicd/authlogic.git 

2. Change to the new directory.

   cd authlogic 

3. Checkout branch

   $ git checkout -b rails3 remotes/origin/rails3 

4. Build the gem.

   $ rake build gem 

5. Install the gem.

   $ gem install pkg/gemname-1.23.gem