Gem::SpecificInstall

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'specific_install'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install specific_install

A Rubygem plugin that allows you to install an "edge" gem straight from its github repository, or install one from an arbitrary web url:

examples:

$ gem specific_install https://github.com/githubsvnclone/rdoc.git

Or more explicitly:

$ gem specific_install -l http://github.com/githubsvnclone/rdoc.git

Or very tersely:

$ gem specific_install githubsvnclone/rdoc

Or a specific branch

$ gem specific_install http://github.com/githubsvnclone/rdoc.git edge

Or a specific branch in an explicit way

$ gem specific_install -l http://github.com/githubsvnclone/rdoc.git -b edge

Or a specific subdirectory in a repo

$ gem specific_install https://github.com/orlandohill/waxeye -d src/ruby

Or install in the users personal gem directory

$ gem specific_install https://github.com/orlandohill/waxeye -u

Or install in the install directory

$ gem specific_install https://github.com/cxr0715/cocoapods-TSPodfileTimeWatch.git -i /Users/bkdevops/TSPodfileTimeWatch_dir

PS: you should export RUBYLIB=/Users/bkdevops/TSPodfileTimeWatch_dir/cocoapods-TSPodfileTimeWatch-0.0.6/lib:other_plug_path to use -i install plug

The following URI types are accepted:

• http(s)://github.com/rdp/specific_install.git
• http(s)://github.com/rdp/specific_install-current.gem
• http://github.com/rdp/specific_install.git
• http://somewhere_else.com/rdp/specific_install.git
• git@github.com:rdp/specific_install.git
• rdp/specific_install # implies github

-l --location URL of resource
  Formats of URL/Resource
    * Full URL to HTTP Repo `https://github.com/rdp/specific_install.git`
    * Full URL to Git Repo  `git@github.com:rdp/specific_install.git`
    * URL of Pre-Built Gem  `http://example.com/specific_install.gem`
    * Github Repo shortcode `rdp/specific_install`

-b --branch BRANCH to use for Gem creation
  Branch option does a `git checkout BRANCH` before `gem build GEM`
  Example:
      `git specific_install -l rdp/specific_install -b pre-release`
  Note: This feature is new and may not fail gracefully.

-d --directory DIRECTORY in source
  This will change the directory in the downloaded source directory
  before building the gem.

-r, --ref COMMIT-ISH to use for Gem creation
  Ref option does a `git reset --hard COMMIT-ISH` before `gem build GEM`

-u, --user-install to indicate that the gem should be unpacked into the users personal gem directory.
  This will install the gem in the user folder making it possible to use specific_install without root access.

`git_install` is aliased to the behavior of `specific_install`
  This alias is shorter and is more intention revealing of the gem's behavior.
  
-t, --tag to indicate git tag to be checked out.
  This will use/install a specific git tag.

It runs git clone, and rake install, install the gem, then deletes the temp directory.

v0.2.10 is known to work against Rubygems v2.2.2 and has a compatibility issue with Rubygems v1.8.25 (possible other older Rubygems). Work-arounds: Upgrade Rubygems via rvm rubygems current or install older version of specific_install.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Enjoy!

Copyright 2010-2014 Roger Pack - http://github.com/rdp/specific_install