# Bug fixing between gem releases

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-fixing-between-gem-releases/160227>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 13, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-fixing-between-gem-releases/160227 "2009-02-13T06:52:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sentinel)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-fixing-between-gem-releases/160227/1 "2009-02-13T06:52:53Z")

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Not sure how to word this …

1. I’ve release my first gem. So now when I am doing bug fixes, since my  
code points to the gem (earlier it had a path statement in the first  
line), should i be recreating and installing the gem each time. Or  
should I copy and overwrite the source files in the gem folder. I am so  
used to just changing the code and running that I keep wondering why the  
source change is not having effect.

2. I would like to accumulate a few minor changes and fixes before i  
create the next version of the gem. However, i want the user to be able  
to avail on a nightly basis to snapshots. What do people do in this  
case:

a) just push to GIT and let user download from git.  
b) upload a snapshot tgz somewhere - is there a norm for this on  
rubyforge?

Thanks for your thoughts.