From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2008-12-21T09:49:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Trying to make modifications to a gem...


On Dec 20, 2008, at 15:06 , Aldric Giacomoni wrote:

> I'm toying around with a gem. How can I easily make changes and test
> them? What I've done is copy the directory with the gem files inside  
> to
> another folder within the 'gems' subdirectory and made my changes in
> there (renamed it from gemname-0.3 to gemname-0.4). I was hoping it
> would be enough but it isn't.
> Do I have to re-package it as a gem and reinstall the gem every time I
> make a change ? Is there an easy solution?
> Just in case it matters, the gem is written in ruby, it's a bunch of
> 'Ruby files that are all 'required' by the main gem file.
> Maybe what I need is 'Ruby gems for dummies' ?

it'd be a lot nicer for everyone (assuming your changes are for good,  
not for evil) if you submitted your changes back to the author.