A git gem for use in a gem dependencies file.

Example:

source =
  Gem::Source::Git.new 'rake', 'git@example:rake.git', 'rake-10.1.0', false

source.specs
Methods
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Attributes
[R] name

The name of the gem created by this git gem.
[R] need_submodules

Does this repository need submodules checked out too?
[R] reference

The commit reference used for checking out this git gem.
[RW] remote

When false the cache for this repository will not be updated.
[R] repository

The git repository this gem is sourced from.
[RW] root_dir

The directory for cache and git gem installation
Class Public methods
new(name, repository, reference, submodules = false)

Creates a new git gem source for a gems from loaded from repository at the given reference. The name is only used to track the repository back to a gem dependencies file, it has no real significance as a git repository may contain multiple gems. If submodules is true, submodules will be checked out when the gem is installed.

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# File lib/rubygems/source/git.rb, line 54
def initialize name, repository, reference, submodules = false
  super repository

  @name            = name
  @repository      = repository
  @reference       = reference
  @need_submodules = submodules

  @remote   = true
  @root_dir = Gem.dir
  @git      = ENV['git'] || 'git'
end
Instance Public methods
<=>(other)

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# File lib/rubygems/source/git.rb, line 67
def <=> other
  case other
  when Gem::Source::Git then
    0
  when Gem::Source::Vendor,
       Gem::Source::Lock then
    -1
  when Gem::Source then
    1
  else
    nil
  end
end
specs()

Loads all gemspecs in the repository

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# File lib/rubygems/source/git.rb, line 198
def specs
  checkout

  return [] unless install_dir

  Dir.chdir install_dir do
    Dir['{,*,*/*}.gemspec'].map do |spec_file|
      directory = File.dirname spec_file
      file      = File.basename spec_file

      Dir.chdir directory do
        spec = Gem::Specification.load file
        if spec then
          spec.base_dir = base_dir

          spec.extension_dir =
            File.join base_dir, 'extensions', Gem::Platform.local.to_s,
              Gem.extension_api_version, "#{name}-#{dir_shortref}"

          spec.full_gem_path = File.dirname spec.loaded_from if spec
        end
        spec
      end
    end.compact
  end
end