Gemfile.lock file management

Rails
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Hi,

I would like to know what is the best way to manage Gemfile.lock file.

I read that the Gemfile.lock should be check in version control.

The fact is that commiting the generated Gemfile.lock will install the
development and test gems on the production platform.

Should I have to run
$> bundle install --without development test
before commiting the Gemfile.lock?

Thanks in advance,

Mickael

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On 6 February 2012 15:07, Mickael G. [email protected] wrote:

$> bundle install --without development test
before commiting the Gemfile.lock?

No need, that will not change the Gemfile.lock contents assuming you
have previously run “bundle install”. You should run it with
–without development test on your production machine after checking
out from your VCS, to install the required gems excluding those for
development and test.

Colin

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On 6 February 2012 16:45, Colin L. [email protected] wrote:

development and test.
I was only checking the content of the Gemfile.lock in the production
platform, not the installed gems.
Indeed only the needed gems are installed not the development and test
ones

Thanks,

Mickael

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On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:07, Mickael G. [email protected] wrote:

The fact is that commiting the generated Gemfile.lock will install the
development and test gems on the production platform.

Not if you have them properly separated out in your Gemfile (w/o
.lock). Use groups to designate gems that are only for certain
environments, or at least should be omitted from at least one other
environment. For instance:

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source ‘http://rubygems.org’

gem ‘rails’, ‘3.2.0’

Gems used only for assets and not required

in production environments by default.

group :assets do
gem ‘sass-rails’, ‘~> 3.2.3’
gem ‘coffee-rails’, ‘~> 3.2.1’
gem ‘uglifier’, ‘>= 1.0.3’
end

gem ‘jquery-rails’

gem ‘devise’
gem ‘omniauth’

group :development do
gem ‘rspec-rails’
gem ‘sqlite3’
end

group :test do
gem ‘turn’, :require => false
gem ‘rspec-rails’
gem ‘sqlite3’
gem ‘factory_girl’
gem ‘webrat’, ‘0.7.1’
end

group :production do

for heroku

gem ‘pg’
end

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-Dave

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