Manual vs automatic bundler deployment with capistrano

Rails
1

I assume this is the most up to date documentation for running bundler
install when deploying a rails application with capistrano:

http://gembundler.com/v1.3/deploying.html

In the documentation, it offers two methods for deploying capistrano
with bundler: manual vs automatic.

Which is preferred?

2

John M. wrote in post #1108980:

I assume this is the most up to date documentation for running bundler
install when deploying a rails application with capistrano:

Gem Bundler – Manage your Ruby gems

In the documentation, it offers two methods for deploying capistrano
with bundler: manual vs automatic.

Which is preferred?

I’d choose automatic. Basically just add the require line to your
deploy.rb file just like it says there in the docs.

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On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:06:20 PM UTC-4, John M. wrote:

I agree that the “automatic” option is preferrable. This documentation
is
not great and a bit dated. If you are using Rails 3 or Rails 4, you
don’t
need the statement ‘require bundler/capistrano’ and it may throw an
error
if you do. You should list the gem rvm-capistrano as a requirement for
your gemfile (you only need it in development).

The “manual” method they refer to really doesn’t have to be manual, but
it
can be. Just to be clear, bundle install --deployment is something you
run
ONLY on the deployment server, NEVER in development. I personally don’t
like this option, but it installs preconfigured versions of your gems in
vendor/bundle (within the application). It’s used where you are
deploying
applications to multiple, identical servers (not common).

If you have a need to bundle your gems within the application and not
use
gems in the centrally installed local directory, bundle package, IMO, is
a
better option. You would then run bundle install --local to install
from
the package. I would only use this if necessary, such as for private
gems
that don’t exist in a repository.

4

mike wrote in post #1109071:

On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:06:20 PM UTC-4, John M. wrote:

I agree that the “automatic” option is preferrable. This documentation
is
not great and a bit dated. If you are using Rails 3 or Rails 4, you
don’t
need the statement ‘require bundler/capistrano’ and it may throw an
error

Thanks for the clarification Mike. I wasn’t aware that document was
out-of-date until I saw your reply. Good to know.