Rails 2.3 comes with its own gem handling. We're going to
override that and replace it with support for Bundler.
NB: This may work with Rails versions lower than 2.3.
The Bundler team has not tested those versions, and will not provide
support for anyone on Rails older than 2.3, but feel free to try it. :)
Using Bundler with Rails 2.3
If you don't have a Rails 2.3 app yet, generate one
$ rails myapp
$ cd myapp
Insert the following code at the bottom of config/boot.rb,
right above the line `Rails.boot!`
class Rails::Boot
def run
load_initializer
Rails::Initializer.class_eval do
def load_gems
@bundler_loaded ||= Bundler.require :default, Rails.env
end
end
Rails::Initializer.run(:set_load_path)
end
end
Create a new file,
config/preinitializer.rb
,
and insert the following. That is config
NOT
config/initializers
.
begin
require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler'
rescue LoadError
raise "Could not load the bundler gem. Install it with `gem install bundler`."
end
if Gem::Version.new(Bundler::VERSION) <= Gem::Version.new("0.9.24")
raise RuntimeError, "Your bundler version is too old for Rails 2.3.\n" +
"Run `gem install bundler` to upgrade."
end
begin
# Set up load paths for all bundled gems
ENV["BUNDLE_GEMFILE"] = File.expand_path("../../Gemfile", __FILE__)
Bundler.setup
rescue Bundler::GemNotFound
raise RuntimeError, "Bundler couldn't find some gems.\n" +
"Did you run `bundle install`?"
end
Get all config.gem declarations from your application, and place
them into the Gemfile. If you have declarations in development.rb,
for instance, place them in a named group. Make sure to include
Rails itself and a default gem source.
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'rails', '~> 2.3.5'
gem 'sqlite3-ruby', :require => 'sqlite3'
# bundler requires these gems in all environments
# gem 'nokogiri', '1.4.2'
# gem 'geokit'
group :development do
# bundler requires these gems in development
# gem 'rails-footnotes'
end
group :test do
# bundler requires these gems while running tests
# gem 'rspec'
# gem 'faker'
end
Once you have everything set up, you can use script/console,
script/server, and other Rake tasks as usual. From this point
on, you can follow the instructions in the Rails 3 guide
$ bundle exec rake db:migrate
Edit this document on GitHub if you caught an error or noticed something was missing.