bundler-override

This bundler plugin allows to change dependencies for a gem. It can be helpful in situation when a developer needs to use some other dependency than default for the gem.

Requirements

Ruby 3.2 and Bundler 2.4.14 are mostly tested versions.

Installation

1. Clone this project to your disk.

2. Install plugin from local git folder

Set proper path in place of 'PATH-TO-THE-FOLDER-WITH-PLUGIN' and run from terminal in your project folder:

bundle plugin install "bundler-override" --local-git PATH-TO-THE-FOLDER-WITH-PLUGIN/bundler-override/

Usage

1. Add plugin entry to the Gemfile in your project:

plugin 'bundler-override'
require File.join(Bundler::Plugin.index.load_paths("bundler-override")[0], "bundler-override") rescue nil

2. Add 'override' block to the Gemfile, e.g.:

override 'chef-config', :drop => 'chef-utils', :requirements => {
  'chef-utils' => '17.10.68'
}

or

override 'chef-config', :drop => ['chef-utils', 'mixlib-config'], :requirements => {
  'chef-utils' => '17.10.68',
  'mixlib-config' => '2.0.0'
}

override

override is a command that allows to replace dependency for a gem with desired version

drop

Takes a gem name or list of gem names to be replaced.

requirements

A map with gem versions to be used instead of the ones from drop.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.