hoe-gemspec

DESCRIPTION:

Generate a prerelease gemspec based on a Hoe spec.

FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

Creates a rake task to generate a prerelease gemspec based on your Hoe.spec:

  • ‘gem:spec`

Why would you want to do this? I mean, why would anyone want to generate a prerelease gemspec?

  • to allow users of your library to build their project off of master quickly, without having to clone or fork your repository.

SYNOPSIS:

Just add the following line to your Rakefile before you call ‘Hoe.spec`:

Hoe.plugin :gemspec

And then run the following command to generate a gemspec:

rake gem:spec

And then checkin the generated gemspec file to your version control system of choice.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • hoe >= 2.2.0

INSTALL:

  • gem install hoe-gemspec

LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright © 2010 Mike Dalessio

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