how can I go about using the Gemfile's :path argument to reference local gems in development with a value that is OS agnostic?

Question

I am writing a Gemfile to help with the development of a few gems my team is creating.

I know that the Gemfile allows the use of the :path argument to reference local directories that contain a .gemspec file:

gem "my_gem", :path => "../Ruby_Libs/my_gem"

However, the members of my team are using different OSs (OS X, Win XP, Win 7) when writing their code.

So my question is how can I go about using the Gemfile's :path argument to reference local gems in development with a value that is OS agnostic?

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '12 at 23:19

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Use File.join('..', 'Ruby_Libs', 'my_gem'') instead of "../Ruby_Libs/my_gem".

gem "my_gem", :path => File.join('..', 'Ruby_Libs', 'my_gem'')

answered Feb 03 '12 at 23:19

gioele

Awesome, I figured that was the answer, but wasn't sure if I could use Ruby inside of a gem file. – linusthe3rd Feb 04 '12 at 01:55
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A Gemfile is all Ruby! – David Tuite Aug 28 '13 at 11:46
where in the *.gemspec file do we write the gem and path to join file? Then how do we install it from a different location? – marriedjane875 Sep 04 '17 at 03:58

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