Bundler-command executables result in "Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory" for executables in local working directory

[josh-wise-proof]

Describe the problem as clearly as you can

When attempting to run a bundler-{x} executable using a bundle {x} when the x executable is in the local directory, Bundler returns an Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory error

Did you try upgrading rubygems & bundler?

Yes

Post steps to reproduce the problem

I found this while trying to setup typo aliases (tbqh I accidentally type bundel isntall or some variety of it when in a hurry fairly often and got annoyed). The repro is quite simple:

> bundle test-repro
Could not find command "test-repro".

> echo "which ruby" > bundler-test-repro
> chmod +x bundler-test-repro
> bundle test-repro

I believe this is an issue in CLI::handle_no_command_error, specifically in Bundler::which:

rubygems/bundler/lib/bundler.rb

Lines 479 to 491 in 3e3addb

	def which(executable)
	executable_path = find_executable(executable)
	return executable_path if executable_path
	if (paths = ENV["PATH"])
	quote = '"'
	paths.split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR).find do |path|
	path = path[1..-2] if path.start_with?(quote) && path.end_with?(quote)
	executable_path = find_executable(File.expand_path(executable, path))
	return executable_path if executable_path
	end
	end
	end

The first line, executable_path = find_executable(executable), returns the executable name without any path if the executable is present in the local working directory. Lower in that method, while looping through the PATH environment variable entries, the method calls File.expand_path first, which results in full file paths being returned. Replacing find_executable(executable) with find_executable(File.expand_path(executable)) seems to fix the issue:

irb(main):001> require 'bundler'
=> true
irb(main):002> command_path = Bundler.find_executable('bundler-test-repro')
=> "bundler-test-repro"
irb(main):003> Kernel.exec(command_path, *ARGV[1..-1])
(irb):4:in 'Kernel.exec': No such file or directory - bundler-test-repro (Errno::ENOENT)
	from (irb):4:in '<main>'
	from <internal:kernel>:168:in 'Kernel#loop'
	from /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/irb-1.17.0/exe/irb:9:in '<top (required)>'
	from /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/bin/irb:25:in 'Kernel#load'
	from /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/bin/irb:25:in '<main>'
irb(main):004> command_path = Bundler.find_executable(File.expand_path('bundler-test-repro'))
=> "/Users/josh.wise/notarize/notarize-api/bundler-test-repro"
irb(main):005> Kernel.exec(command_path, *ARGV[1..-1])
/Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/bin/ruby

Which command did you run?

Any custom bundler-{x} command that's defined in the local working directory

What were you expecting to happen?

The custom bundler-{x} command should run as expected as per the man page:

PLUGINS
       When running a command that isn´t listed in PRIMARY COMMANDS or UTILITIES, Bundler will try to find an executable on your path named
       bundler-<command> and execute it, passing down any extra arguments to it.

What happened instead?

--- ERROR REPORT TEMPLATE -------------------------------------------------------

Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - bundler-test-repro
  /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/cli.rb:194:in 'Kernel.exec'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/cli.rb:194:in 'Bundler::CLI.handle_no_command_error'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:32:in 'Bundler::Thor::Command#run'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:144:in 'Bundler::Thor::DynamicCommand#run'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in 'Bundler::Thor::Invocation#invoke_command'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:538:in 'Bundler::Thor.dispatch'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/cli.rb:35:in 'Bundler::CLI.dispatch'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:584:in 'Bundler::Thor::Base::ClassMethods#start'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/cli.rb:29:in 'Bundler::CLI.start'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/exe/bundle:28:in 'block in <top (required)>'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/lib/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:118:in 'Bundler.with_friendly_errors'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/bundler-4.0.8/exe/bundle:20:in '<top (required)>'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/bin/bundle:25:in 'Kernel#load'
          /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/bin/bundle:25:in '<main>'

Environment

Bundler       4.0.8
  Platforms   ruby, arm64-darwin-25
Ruby          3.4.9p82 (2026-03-11 revision 76cca827ab52ab1d346a728f068d5b8da3e2952b) [arm64-darwin-25]
  Full Path   /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/bin/ruby
  Config Dir  /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/etc
RubyGems      3.6.9
  Gem Home    /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0
  Gem Path    /Users/josh.wise/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.4.0:/Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0
  User Home   /Users/josh.wise
  User Path   /Users/josh.wise/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.4.0
  Bin Dir     /Users/josh.wise/.rbenv/versions/3.4.9/bin
Tools
  Git         2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
  RVM         not installed
  rbenv       rbenv 1.3.2
  chruby      not installed

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Timestamp  2026-03-11
Git SHA    1a32b76b73

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