CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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TK.
TK.

Reputation: 28193

Is there a way to get notifications for new gems with Bundler?

I'm using Bundler for the gem dependency management.

Is there a way to get a notification when a new gem of a gem specified in Gemfile available?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 753

Answers (4)

gertas
gertas

Reputation: 17145

According to "Can bundler show me which gems in Gemfile have newer versions (eg. dry-run of bundle update)" topic - there is no direct way to do it.

As a workaround if you use version controll just invoke bundler update print diff of Gemfile.lock (against version from repo) and revert it back.

Update Jun 2012: as of bundler 1.1 there is new command option bundle outdated - it prints nicely what are installed and latest versions of gems:

$ bundle outdated
Fetching gem metadata from http://rubygems.org/.......

Outdated gems included in the bundle:
  * multi_json (1.3.6 > 1.1.0)
  * activesupport (3.2.6 > 3.2.1)
  * activemodel (3.2.6 > 3.2.1)
  * journey (1.0.4 > 1.0.3)
...

Thanks Shaun.

Upvotes: 3

Shaun McDonald
Shaun McDonald

Reputation: 6581

The command bundle outdated will tell you which gems can updated in your bundle. For more information on how to use the command take a look at the help command bundle --help outdated

More documentation on the command: http://gembundler.com/v1.1/bundle_outdated.html

Upvotes: 3

XZVASFD
XZVASFD

Reputation: 1048

I sketched out one way to implement notifications, here: http://www.masonsimon.com/idea-email-notification-of-new-gem-versions-i. I hope to have time for it soon, but if anyone else wants to implement it first, feel free :)

Upvotes: -1

Dylan Markow
Dylan Markow

Reputation: 124439

While I don't think there's a way to directly monitor your Gemfile, RubyGems' website lets you subscribe to multiple gems if you create an account and log in. Then you could subscribe to the RSS feed (assuming you use an RSS reader) and know every time a new version comes out.

Upvotes: 5

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