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Bundler provides a consistent environment for Ruby projects by tracking and installing the exact gems and versions that are needed.

Bundler is a part of Ruby’s standard library.

Bundler is used by creating gemfiles listing all the project dependencies and (optionally) their versions and then using

require 'bundler/setup'

or Bundler.setup to setup environment where only specified gems and their specified versions could be used.

See Bundler website for extensive documentation on gemfiles creation and Bundler usage.

As a standard library inside project, Bundler could be used for introspection of loaded and required modules.

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Constants

ORIGINAL_ENV = environment_preserver.restore
 
SUDO_MUTEX = Thread::Mutex.new
 

Class Public methods

app_cache(custom_path = nil)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 342
def app_cache(custom_path = nil)
  path = custom_path || root
  Pathname.new(path).join(settings.app_cache_path)
end

app_config_path()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 328
def app_config_path
  if app_config = ENV["BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG"]
    app_config_pathname = Pathname.new(app_config)

    if app_config_pathname.absolute?
      app_config_pathname
    else
      app_config_pathname.expand_path(root)
    end
  else
    root.join(".bundle")
  end
end

auto_install()

Automatically install dependencies if Bundler.settings[:auto_install] exists. This is set through config cmd ‘bundle config set –global auto_install 1`.

Note that this method ‘nil`s out the global Definition object, so it should be called first, before you instantiate anything like an `Installer` that’ll keep a reference to the old one instead.

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 175
def auto_install
  return unless settings[:auto_install]

  begin
    definition.specs
  rescue GemNotFound, GitError
    ui.info "Automatically installing missing gems."
    reset!
    CLI::Install.new({}).run
    reset!
  end
end

bin_path()

Returns absolute location of where binstubs are installed to.

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 117
def bin_path
  @bin_path ||= begin
    path = settings[:bin] || "bin"
    path = Pathname.new(path).expand_path(root).expand_path
    mkdir_p(path)
    path
  end
end

bundle_path()

Returns absolute path of where gems are installed on the filesystem.

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 99
def bundle_path
  @bundle_path ||= Pathname.new(configured_bundle_path.path).expand_path(root)
end

clean_env()

@deprecated Use ‘unbundled_env` instead

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 368
def clean_env
  message =
    "`Bundler.clean_env` has been deprecated in favor of `Bundler.unbundled_env`. " \
    "If you instead want the environment before bundler was originally loaded, use `Bundler.original_env`"
  removed_message =
    "`Bundler.clean_env` has been removed in favor of `Bundler.unbundled_env`. " \
    "If you instead want the environment before bundler was originally loaded, use `Bundler.original_env`"
  Bundler::SharedHelpers.major_deprecation(2, message, removed_message: removed_message, print_caller_location: true)
  unbundled_env
end

clean_exec(*args)

@deprecated Use ‘unbundled_exec` instead

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 455
def clean_exec(*args)
  message =
    "`Bundler.clean_exec` has been deprecated in favor of `Bundler.unbundled_exec`. " \
    "If you instead want to exec to a command in the environment before bundler was originally loaded, use `Bundler.original_exec`"
  removed_message =
    "`Bundler.clean_exec` has been removed in favor of `Bundler.unbundled_exec`. " \
    "If you instead want to exec to a command in the environment before bundler was originally loaded, use `Bundler.original_exec`"
  Bundler::SharedHelpers.major_deprecation(2, message, removed_message: removed_message, print_caller_location: true)
  with_env(unbundled_env) { Kernel.exec(*args) }
end

clean_system(*args)

@deprecated Use ‘unbundled_system` instead

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 433
def clean_system(*args)
  message =
    "`Bundler.clean_system` has been deprecated in favor of `Bundler.unbundled_system`. " \
    "If you instead want to run the command in the environment before bundler was originally loaded, use `Bundler.original_system`"
  removed_message =
    "`Bundler.clean_system` has been removed in favor of `Bundler.unbundled_system`. " \
    "If you instead want to run the command in the environment before bundler was originally loaded, use `Bundler.original_system`"
  Bundler::SharedHelpers.major_deprecation(2, message, removed_message: removed_message, print_caller_location: true)
  with_env(unbundled_env) { Kernel.system(*args) }
end

clear_gemspec_cache()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 570
def clear_gemspec_cache
  @gemspec_cache = {}
end

configure()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 85
def configure
  @configure ||= configure_gem_home_and_path
end

configure_gem_home_and_path(path = bundle_path)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 616
def configure_gem_home_and_path(path = bundle_path)
  configure_gem_path
  configure_gem_home(path)
  Bundler.rubygems.clear_paths
end

configured_bundle_path()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 112
def configured_bundle_path
  @configured_bundle_path ||= settings.path.tap(&:validate!)
end

create_bundle_path()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 103
def create_bundle_path
  mkdir_p(bundle_path) unless bundle_path.exist?

  @bundle_path = bundle_path.realpath
rescue Errno::EEXIST
  raise PathError, "Could not install to path `#{bundle_path}` " \
    "because a file already exists at that path. Either remove or rename the file so the directory can be created."
end

default_bundle_dir()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 484
def default_bundle_dir
  SharedHelpers.default_bundle_dir
end

default_gemfile()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 476
def default_gemfile
  SharedHelpers.default_gemfile
end

default_lockfile()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 480
def default_lockfile
  SharedHelpers.default_lockfile
end

definition(unlock = nil, lockfile = default_lockfile)

Returns an instance of Bundler::Definition for given Gemfile and lockfile

@param unlock [Hash, Boolean, nil] Gems that have been requested

to be updated or true if all gems should be updated

@param lockfile [Pathname] Path to Gemfile.lock @return [Bundler::Definition]

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 225
def definition(unlock = nil, lockfile = default_lockfile)
  @definition = nil if unlock
  @definition ||= begin
    configure
    Definition.build(default_gemfile, lockfile, unlock)
  end
end

environment()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 214
def environment
  SharedHelpers.major_deprecation 2, "Bundler.environment has been removed in favor of Bundler.load", print_caller_location: true
  load
end

feature_flag()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 579
def feature_flag
  @feature_flag ||= FeatureFlag.new(VERSION)
end

frozen_bundle?()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 233
def frozen_bundle?
  frozen = settings[:frozen]
  return frozen unless frozen.nil?

  settings[:deployment]
end

git_present?()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 574
def git_present?
  return @git_present if defined?(@git_present)
  @git_present = Bundler.which("git#{RbConfig::CONFIG["EXEEXT"]}")
end

home()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 306
def home
  bundle_path.join("bundler")
end

install_path()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 310
def install_path
  home.join("gems")
end

load()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 210
def load
  @load ||= Runtime.new(root, definition)
end

load_gemspec(file, validate = false)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 543
def load_gemspec(file, validate = false)
  @gemspec_cache ||= {}
  key = File.expand_path(file)
  @gemspec_cache[key] ||= load_gemspec_uncached(file, validate)
  # Protect against caching side-effected gemspecs by returning a
  # new instance each time.
  @gemspec_cache[key]&.dup
end

load_gemspec_uncached(file, validate = false)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 552
def load_gemspec_uncached(file, validate = false)
  path = Pathname.new(file)
  contents = read_file(file)
  spec = if contents.start_with?("---") # YAML header
    eval_yaml_gemspec(path, contents)
  else
    # Eval the gemspec from its parent directory, because some gemspecs
    # depend on "./" relative paths.
    SharedHelpers.chdir(path.dirname.to_s) do
      eval_gemspec(path, contents)
    end
  end
  return unless spec
  spec.loaded_from = path.expand_path.to_s
  Bundler.rubygems.validate(spec) if validate
  spec
end

local_platform()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 471
def local_platform
  return Gem::Platform::RUBY if settings[:force_ruby_platform]
  Gem::Platform.local
end

locked_gems()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 240
def locked_gems
  @locked_gems ||=
    if defined?(@definition) && @definition
      definition.locked_gems
    elsif Bundler.default_lockfile.file?
      lock = Bundler.read_file(Bundler.default_lockfile)
      LockfileParser.new(lock)
    end
end

mkdir_p(path)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 505
def mkdir_p(path)
  SharedHelpers.filesystem_access(path, :write) do |p|
    FileUtils.mkdir_p(p)
  end
end

most_specific_locked_platform?(platform)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 250
def most_specific_locked_platform?(platform)
  return false unless defined?(@definition) && @definition

  definition.most_specific_locked_platform == platform
end

original_env()

@return [Hash] Environment present before Bundler was activated

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 363
def original_env
  ORIGINAL_ENV.clone
end

original_exec(*args)

Run a ‘Kernel.exec` to a subcommand with the environment present before Bundler was activated

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 450
def original_exec(*args)
  with_original_env { Kernel.exec(*args) }
end

original_system(*args)

Run subcommand with the environment present before Bundler was activated

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 428
def original_system(*args)
  with_original_env { Kernel.system(*args) }
end

preferred_gemfile_name()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 497
def preferred_gemfile_name
  Bundler.settings[:init_gems_rb] ? "gems.rb" : "Gemfile"
end

read_file(file)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 524
def read_file(file)
  SharedHelpers.filesystem_access(file, :read) do
    File.open(file, "r:UTF-8", &:read)
  end
end

require(*groups)

Setups Bundler environment (see Bundler.setup) if it is not already set, and loads all gems from groups specified. Unlike ::setup, can be called multiple times with different groups (if they were allowed by setup).

Assuming Gemfile

gem 'first_gem', '= 1.0'
group :test do
  gem 'second_gem', '= 1.0'
end

The code will work as follows:

Bundler.setup # allow all groups
Bundler.require(:default) # requires only first_gem
# ...later
Bundler.require(:test)   # requires second_gem
# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 206
def require(*groups)
  setup(*groups).require(*groups)
end

reset!()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 583
def reset!
  reset_paths!
  Plugin.reset!
  reset_rubygems!
end

reset_paths!()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 594
def reset_paths!
  @bin_path = nil
  @bundler_major_version = nil
  @bundle_path = nil
  @configure = nil
  @configured_bundle_path = nil
  @definition = nil
  @load = nil
  @locked_gems = nil
  @root = nil
  @settings = nil
  @setup = nil
  @user_home = nil
end

reset_rubygems!()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 609
def reset_rubygems!
  return unless defined?(@rubygems) && @rubygems
  rubygems.undo_replacements
  rubygems.reset
  @rubygems = nil
end

reset_settings_and_root!()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 589
def reset_settings_and_root!
  @settings = nil
  @root = nil
end

rm_rf(path)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 352
def rm_rf(path)
  FileUtils.remove_entry_secure(path) if path && File.exist?(path)
end

root()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 318
def root
  @root ||= begin
              SharedHelpers.root
            rescue GemfileNotFound
              bundle_dir = default_bundle_dir
              raise GemfileNotFound, "Could not locate Gemfile or .bundle/ directory" unless bundle_dir
              Pathname.new(File.expand_path("..", bundle_dir))
            end
end

ruby_scope()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 256
def ruby_scope
  "#{Bundler.rubygems.ruby_engine}/#{RbConfig::CONFIG["ruby_version"]}"
end

safe_load_marshal(data)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 530
def safe_load_marshal(data)
  if Gem.respond_to?(:load_safe_marshal)
    Gem.load_safe_marshal
    begin
      Gem::SafeMarshal.safe_load(data)
    rescue Gem::SafeMarshal::Reader::Error, Gem::SafeMarshal::Visitors::ToRuby::Error => e
      raise MarshalError, "#{e.class}: #{e.message}"
    end
  else
    load_marshal(data, marshal_proc: SafeMarshal.proc)
  end
end

self_manager()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 622
def self_manager
  @self_manager ||= begin
                      require_relative "bundler/self_manager"
                      Bundler::SelfManager.new
                    end
end

settings()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 356
def settings
  @settings ||= Settings.new(app_config_path)
rescue GemfileNotFound
  @settings = Settings.new(Pathname.new(".bundle").expand_path)
end

setup(*groups)

Turns on the Bundler runtime. After Bundler.setup call, all load or require of the gems would be allowed only if they are part of the Gemfile or Ruby’s standard library. If the versions specified in Gemfile, only those versions would be loaded.

Assuming Gemfile

gem 'first_gem', '= 1.0'
group :test do
  gem 'second_gem', '= 1.0'
end

The code using Bundler.setup works as follows:

require 'third_gem' # allowed, required from global gems
require 'first_gem' # allowed, loads the last installed version
Bundler.setup
require 'fourth_gem' # fails with LoadError
require 'second_gem' # loads exactly version 1.0

Bundler.setup can be called only once, all subsequent calls are no-op.

If groups list is provided, only gems from specified groups would be allowed (gems specified outside groups belong to special :default group).

To require all gems from Gemfile (or only some groups), see Bundler.require.

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 153
def setup(*groups)
  # Return if all groups are already loaded
  return @setup if defined?(@setup) && @setup

  definition.validate_runtime!

  SharedHelpers.print_major_deprecations!

  if groups.empty?
    # Load all groups, but only once
    @setup = load.setup
  else
    load.setup(*groups)
  end
end

specs_path()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 314
def specs_path
  bundle_path.join("specifications")
end

system_bindir()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 488
def system_bindir
  # Gem.bindir doesn't always return the location that RubyGems will install
  # system binaries. If you put '-n foo' in your .gemrc, RubyGems will
  # install binstubs there instead. Unfortunately, RubyGems doesn't expose
  # that directory at all, so rather than parse .gemrc ourselves, we allow
  # the directory to be set as well, via `bundle config set --local bindir foo`.
  Bundler.settings[:system_bindir] || Bundler.rubygems.gem_bindir
end

tmp(name = Process.pid.to_s)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 347
def tmp(name = Process.pid.to_s)
  Kernel.send(:require, "tmpdir")
  Pathname.new(Dir.mktmpdir(["bundler", name]))
end

ui()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 89
def ui
  (defined?(@ui) && @ui) || (self.ui = UI::Shell.new)
end

ui=(ui)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 93
def ui=(ui)
  Bundler.rubygems.ui = UI::RGProxy.new(ui)
  @ui = ui
end

unbundled_env()

@return [Hash] Environment with all bundler-related variables removed

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 380
def unbundled_env
  env = original_env

  if env.key?("BUNDLER_ORIG_MANPATH")
    env["MANPATH"] = env["BUNDLER_ORIG_MANPATH"]
  end

  env.delete_if {|k, _| k[0, 7] == "BUNDLE_" }

  if env.key?("RUBYOPT")
    rubyopt = env["RUBYOPT"].split(" ")
    rubyopt.delete("-r#{File.expand_path("bundler/setup", __dir__)}")
    rubyopt.delete("-rbundler/setup")
    env["RUBYOPT"] = rubyopt.join(" ")
  end

  if env.key?("RUBYLIB")
    rubylib = env["RUBYLIB"].split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)
    rubylib.delete(__dir__)
    env["RUBYLIB"] = rubylib.join(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)
  end

  env
end

unbundled_exec(*args)

Run a ‘Kernel.exec` to a subcommand in an environment with all bundler related variables removed

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 467
def unbundled_exec(*args)
  with_env(unbundled_env) { Kernel.exec(*args) }
end

unbundled_system(*args)

Run subcommand in an environment with all bundler related variables removed

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 445
def unbundled_system(*args)
  with_unbundled_env { Kernel.system(*args) }
end

use_system_gems?()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 501
def use_system_gems?
  configured_bundle_path.use_system_gems?
end

user_bundle_path(dir = "home")

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 284
def user_bundle_path(dir = "home")
  env_var, fallback = case dir
                      when "home"
                        ["BUNDLE_USER_HOME", proc { Pathname.new(user_home).join(".bundle") }]
                      when "cache"
                        ["BUNDLE_USER_CACHE", proc { user_bundle_path.join("cache") }]
                      when "config"
                        ["BUNDLE_USER_CONFIG", proc { user_bundle_path.join("config") }]
                      when "plugin"
                        ["BUNDLE_USER_PLUGIN", proc { user_bundle_path.join("plugin") }]
                      else
                        raise BundlerError, "Unknown user path requested: #{dir}"
  end
  # `fallback` will already be a Pathname, but Pathname.new() is
  # idempotent so it's OK
  Pathname.new(ENV.fetch(env_var, &fallback))
end

user_cache()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 302
def user_cache
  user_bundle_path("cache")
end

user_home()

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 260
def user_home
  @user_home ||= begin
    home = Bundler.rubygems.user_home
    bundle_home = home ? File.join(home, ".bundle") : nil

    warning = if home.nil?
      "Your home directory is not set."
    elsif !File.directory?(home)
      "`#{home}` is not a directory."
    elsif !File.writable?(home) && (!File.directory?(bundle_home) || !File.writable?(bundle_home))
      "`#{home}` is not writable."
    end

    if warning
      Bundler.ui.warn "#{warning}\n"
      user_home = tmp_home_path
      Bundler.ui.warn "Bundler will use `#{user_home}' as your home directory temporarily.\n"
      user_home
    else
      Pathname.new(home)
    end
  end
end

which(executable)

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 511
def which(executable)
  if File.file?(executable) && File.executable?(executable)
    executable
  elsif 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 = File.expand_path(executable, path)
      return executable_path if File.file?(executable_path) && File.executable?(executable_path)
    end
  end
end

with_clean_env()

@deprecated Use ‘with_unbundled_env` instead

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 411
def with_clean_env
  message =
    "`Bundler.with_clean_env` has been deprecated in favor of `Bundler.with_unbundled_env`. " \
    "If you instead want the environment before bundler was originally loaded, use `Bundler.with_original_env`"
  removed_message =
    "`Bundler.with_clean_env` has been removed in favor of `Bundler.with_unbundled_env`. " \
    "If you instead want the environment before bundler was originally loaded, use `Bundler.with_original_env`"
  Bundler::SharedHelpers.major_deprecation(2, message, removed_message: removed_message, print_caller_location: true)
  with_env(unbundled_env) { yield }
end

with_original_env()

Run block with environment present before Bundler was activated

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 406
def with_original_env
  with_env(original_env) { yield }
end

with_unbundled_env()

Run block with all bundler-related variables removed

# File ruby/lib/bundler.rb, line 423
def with_unbundled_env
  with_env(unbundled_env) { yield }
end