Run gem directly from git repo with bundler

Question

I am developing a gem to use in my rails app.
The gem is located at /home/me/my_gem .

If I use gem 'my_gem', :git => '/home/me/my_gem' bundler takes it and installs it into ~/.bundler/... but I want the gem to be used directly from /home/me/my_gem so I don't have to run bundle install every time I do a change to the gem.

Answer 1

You need use the :path options

gem 'my_gem', :path => '/home/me/my_gem'

After that you even not need run a bundle install. Each time is your directory code used.