On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:59 AM, slindsey3000 <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks for your response. > > What I am still not getting is where I should have the rails gem > installed? In my root "work" directory I need to be able to run > "rails new projectname". So that creates a new directory "work/ > projectname" ... but using rvm the rails gem is not in this directory > when I make a .rvmrc for this project. > > It just seems odd to me to have to keep doing gem install rails... I > feel like I am missing something? > For me, I know it does take space but just to be meticulous I do install rails anew for each project (I do use the --no-rdoc --no-ri options and it really does not take so long). That said I am also generally taking the newest release version. So you do end up with a chicken and egg problem, so what I do is the following sequence - first create the gemset, install rails, then create the app: rvm gemset create my_new_app rem 1.9.2-p136@my_new_app gem install rails rails my_new_app cd my_new_app ... > > Shawn > > On Jan 31, 9:00 pm, Philip Hallstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2011, at 5:48 PM, slindsey3000 wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > I am wondering what is the best practice for using gemsets with rails > > > projects. > > > > No idea if it's best practice, but I create a gemset for every project. > Then in the rails root of that project put "rvm gemset use xxxx" in .rvmrc > so every time I cd into that directory it's loaded. > > > > For gems you always want installed in new gemsets look in ~/.rvm/gemsets/ > at default.gems and global.gems. > > > > I *wouldn't* put Rails in there though... what if you have to work on an > old rails 2 project? I put bundler, rake, and open_gem in mine as I use > those all the time.... > > > > THere's probably better info on the RVM website about all this... > > > > Good luck! > > > > > What is the correct workflow for developing multiple rails3 projects > > > each with its own gemset. SPECIFICALLY I am not sure where I do a "gem > > > install rails" when I will have more than one rails project. Do I need > > > to "gem install rails" in each gemset? Or can I "gem install rails" in > > > a directory named [say] ~/work/rail3... > > > > > WORKFLOW > > > > > In ~/work/rails3 I do > > > > >> rvm use ree@global > > >> gem install rails > > > > > This installs rails3 in global gemset > > > > > Now... In ~/work/rails3 I can > > > > >> rails new blog > > > > > This will create the rails directory structure in ~/work/rails3/blog > > > > > So... now I am in ~/work/rails3/blog and I want a gemset for this > > > project > > > > > So should I... > > > > >> rvm gemset create blog > > >> rvm use ree@blog > > > > > .... but I did "gem install rails" in @global and I am now one > > > directory deeper and in @blog so rails gems are not in there... > > > correct? Do I need to do a "gem install rails" in @blog? > > > > > I feel I am not getting the workflow correct for using RVM and > > > rails.... > > > > > Any help? God bless you! > > > > > Shawn > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
