is it desirable to remove Gemfile.lock?

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Antonio Morales picture Antonio Morales · Feb 3, 2014 · Viewed 11.5k times · Source

I'm on Ubuntu 10.04, the app that I have to push to Heroku has a Gemfile.lock, this app was developed by another programmer.

When I use bundle install command, this install the necessary gems for run the app with rails s.

Does bundle install take specific gems in my Gemfile or Gemfile.lock?

My Gemfile and Gemfile.lock are not the same.

Do I have to remove Gemfile.lock?

This is my Gemfile:

source 'http://rubygems.org'

#ruby '1.9.3'

gem 'rails', "= 3.1.11"
#gem "rake", "= 0.8.7"
gem 'racc'
# gem 'sqlite3'
#gem 'acts_as_list', '>= 0.1.0'
#gem 'acts_as_tree'
gem 'paperclip'
gem 'aws-s3', :require => 'aws/s3'
gem 'aws-sdk'
gem 'gravatar_image_tag'
gem 'kaminari'
gem 'jquery-rails', '~> 2.1'
gem 'RedCloth', '>= 3.301'
gem 'carmen', :git => 'git://github.com/alvatarc/carmen.git', :branch => '0.2.x'
#gem 'carmen'
gem 'sass-rails'
gem 'http_accept_language'
gem 'right_aws'
gem 'exception_notification'

group :development do
  gem 'sqlite3-ruby', :require => 'sqlite3'
  gem 'rspec-rails', '= 2.7.0'
  gem 'rspec-core', '= 2.7.1'
  gem 'rspec'
  #gem 'annotate-models'
  gem 'faker'
  gem 'therubyracer'
end

group :test do
  gem 'sqlite3-ruby', :require => 'sqlite3'
  gem 'rspec-rails', '= 2.7.0'
  gem 'rspec-core', '= 2.7.1'
  gem 'rspec'
  gem 'webrat'
  gem 'spork', '= 0.9.0.rc9'
  gem 'factory_girl_rails'
end

group :production do
  gem 'pg'
  gem 'uglifier'
end


# To use debugger (ruby-debug for Ruby 1.8.7+, ruby-debug19 for Ruby 1.9.2+)
# gem 'ruby-debug'
# gem 'ruby-debug19', :require => 'ruby-debug'

This is my Gemfile.lock:

GIT
  remote: git://github.com/alvatarc/carmen.git
  revision: af7bcd574e2f0ed6d59b46662a8be939a1e083c0
  branch: 0.2.x
  specs:
    carmen (0.2.13)

GEM
  remote: http://rubygems.org/
  specs:
    RedCloth (4.2.9)
    actionmailer (3.1.11)
      actionpack (= 3.1.11)
      mail (~> 2.3.3)
    actionpack (3.1.11)
      activemodel (= 3.1.11)
      activesupport (= 3.1.11)
      builder (~> 3.0.0)
      erubis (~> 2.7.0)
      i18n (~> 0.6)
      rack (~> 1.3.6)
      rack-cache (~> 1.2)
      rack-mount (~> 0.8.2)
      rack-test (~> 0.6.1)
      sprockets (~> 2.0.4)
    activemodel (3.1.11)
      activesupport (= 3.1.11)
      builder (~> 3.0.0)
      i18n (~> 0.6)
    activerecord (3.1.11)
      activemodel (= 3.1.11)
      activesupport (= 3.1.11)
      arel (~> 2.2.3)
      tzinfo (~> 0.3.29)
    activeresource (3.1.11)
      activemodel (= 3.1.11)
      activesupport (= 3.1.11)
    activesupport (3.1.11)
      multi_json (~> 1.0)
    arel (2.2.3)
    aws-s3 (0.6.3)
      builder
      mime-types
      xml-simple
    aws-sdk (1.9.2)
      json (~> 1.4)
      nokogiri (>= 1.4.4)
      uuidtools (~> 2.1)
    builder (3.0.4)
    climate_control (0.0.3)
      activesupport (>= 3.0)
    cocaine (0.5.1)
      climate_control (>= 0.0.3, < 1.0)
    diff-lcs (1.1.3)
    erubis (2.7.0)
    exception_notification (3.0.1)
      actionmailer (>= 3.0.4)
    execjs (1.4.0)
      multi_json (~> 1.0)
    factory_girl (4.2.0)
      activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
    factory_girl_rails (4.2.1)
      factory_girl (~> 4.2.0)
      railties (>= 3.0.0)
    faker (1.1.2)
      i18n (~> 0.5)
    gravatar_image_tag (1.1.3)
    hike (1.2.2)
    http_accept_language (1.0.2)
    i18n (0.6.4)
    jquery-rails (2.2.1)
      railties (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
      thor (>= 0.14, < 2.0)
    json (1.7.7)
    kaminari (0.14.1)
      actionpack (>= 3.0.0)
      activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
    libv8 (3.11.8.17)
    mail (2.3.3)
      i18n (>= 0.4.0)
      mime-types (~> 1.16)
      treetop (~> 1.4.8)
    mime-types (1.23)
    multi_json (1.7.2)
    nokogiri (1.5.9)
    paperclip (3.4.1)
      activemodel (>= 3.0.0)
      activerecord (>= 3.0.0)
      activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
      cocaine (~> 0.5.0)
      mime-types
    pg (0.15.1)
    polyglot (0.3.3)
    racc (1.4.9)
    rack (1.3.10)
    rack-cache (1.2)
      rack (>= 0.4)
    rack-mount (0.8.3)
      rack (>= 1.0.0)
    rack-ssl (1.3.3)
      rack
    rack-test (0.6.2)
      rack (>= 1.0)
    rails (3.1.11)
      actionmailer (= 3.1.11)
      actionpack (= 3.1.11)
      activerecord (= 3.1.11)
      activeresource (= 3.1.11)
      activesupport (= 3.1.11)
      bundler (~> 1.0)
      railties (= 3.1.11)
    railties (3.1.11)
      actionpack (= 3.1.11)
      activesupport (= 3.1.11)
      rack-ssl (~> 1.3.2)
      rake (>= 0.8.7)
      rdoc (~> 3.4)
      thor (~> 0.14.6)
    rake (10.0.4)
    rdoc (3.12.2)
      json (~> 1.4)
    ref (1.0.4)
    right_aws (3.0.5)
      right_http_connection (>= 1.2.5)
    right_http_connection (1.3.0)
    rspec (2.7.0)
      rspec-core (~> 2.7.0)
      rspec-expectations (~> 2.7.0)
      rspec-mocks (~> 2.7.0)
    rspec-core (2.7.1)
    rspec-expectations (2.7.0)
      diff-lcs (~> 1.1.2)
    rspec-mocks (2.7.0)
    rspec-rails (2.7.0)
      actionpack (~> 3.0)
      activesupport (~> 3.0)
      railties (~> 3.0)
      rspec (~> 2.7.0)
    sass (3.2.8)
    sass-rails (3.1.7)
      actionpack (~> 3.1.0)
      railties (~> 3.1.0)
      sass (>= 3.1.10)
      tilt (~> 1.3.2)
    spork (0.9.0.rc9)
    sprockets (2.0.4)
      hike (~> 1.2)
      rack (~> 1.0)
      tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
    sqlite3 (1.3.7)
    sqlite3-ruby (1.3.3)
      sqlite3 (>= 1.3.3)
    therubyracer (0.11.4)
      libv8 (~> 3.11.8.12)
      ref
    thor (0.14.6)
    tilt (1.3.7)
    treetop (1.4.12)
      polyglot
      polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
    tzinfo (0.3.37)
    uglifier (2.0.1)
      execjs (>= 0.3.0)
      multi_json (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
    uuidtools (2.1.3)
    webrat (0.7.3)
      nokogiri (>= 1.2.0)
      rack (>= 1.0)
      rack-test (>= 0.5.3)
    xml-simple (1.1.2)

PLATFORMS
  ruby

DEPENDENCIES
  RedCloth (>= 3.301)
  aws-s3
  aws-sdk
  carmen!
  exception_notification
  factory_girl_rails
  faker
  gravatar_image_tag
  http_accept_language
  jquery-rails (~> 2.1)
  kaminari
  paperclip
  pg
  racc
  rails (= 3.1.11)
  right_aws
  rspec
  rspec-core (= 2.7.1)
  rspec-rails (= 2.7.0)
  sass-rails
  spork (= 0.9.0.rc9)
  sqlite3-ruby
  therubyracer
  uglifier
  webrat

Answer

Малъ Скрылевъ picture Малъ Скрылевъ · Feb 3, 2014

Does bundle install take specific gems in my Gemfile or Gemfile.lock?

bundle install looks first into , then looks into to generate a valid gem list, checks, tries to resolve the dependencies, and then install/update the gems.

My Gemfile and Gemfile.lock are not the same.

They don't need to be the same. is a specific file to keep the gems' state at the time of running bundle install/update.

Do I have to remove Gemfile.lock?

You can, but then bundle install will generate again. Then, you could really lose and break all gem dependencies, and might need to resolve them manually.

As an investigation procedure, you can copy old to a secluded place, then regenerate , and compare both with

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