Gem Check Updates

Update the version of gems in Gemfile. This gem is inspired by tjunnone/npm-check-updates.

Installation

$ gem install gem_check_updates

Usage

See references with option -h or --help.

$ gem-check-updates -h

Usage: run [options]
-f, --file Gemfile               Path to Gemfile (default: ./Gemfile)
-a, --apply                      Apply updates (default: false)
    --major                      Update major version (default: true)
    --minor                      Update minor version (default: false)
    --patch                      Update patch version (default: false)
-i, --include-beta               Check updates of beta release, including alpha or release candidate (Default: false)

Also you can run command as follows.

$ gcu

Examples

Check updates for the specified Gemfile in current working directory.

$ gcm -f path/to/Gemfile

....

Checking major updates are completed.

You can update following newer gems.
If you want to apply these updates, run command with option --apply.
Running with --apply option will overwrite your Gemfile.

    rails                       "~> 5.1.0"   →    "~> 5.2.1"
    puma                        "~> 3.10"    →    "~> 3.9.1"
    byebug                      "~> 10.0.0"  →    "~> 9.1.0"
    rspec-rails                 "~> 3.7.2"   →    "~> 3.8.0"

Check and overwrite existing Gemfile.

$ gcm -f path/to/Gemfile --apply

....

Checking major updates are completed.

Following gems have been updated!

    rails                       "~> 5.1.0"   →    "~> 5.2.1"
    puma                        "~> 3.10"    →    "~> 3.9.1"
    byebug                      "~> 10.0.0"  →    "~> 9.1.0"
    rspec-rails                 "~> 3.7.2"   →    "~> 3.8.0"

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mukopikmin/gem_check_updates.