Hi Caio,

On Jan 28, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Caio Chassot wrote:
On 2011-01-28, at 20:30 , Laurent Sansonetti wrote:

As I suggested on IRC yesterday, I think we should add a --gem argument to macruby_deploy, which would make sure the given gems and their dependencies are unpacked inside the application bundle.

It could be great if this involved a bit of magic, so you only specify the gems you need in a single place.

Maybe it's overkill, but we could rely on Bundler. I'm a Bundler hater turned devotee. It really helps keep a tight grip on a project's gem dependencies, locking versions and all. With the added benefit to pull gems from custom paths and git repos.

I suppose such support could be built on top of a simpler --gem argument in a rake task, though.

I would rather avoid any dependency. I agree that keeping track of the gems you need in a single place is a good idea, though.

Maybe we should refactor the Xcode templates to do so, eventually. Another possibility would be to scan the application's source code and auto-detect the list of gems, but I prefer to avoid that.

Laurent