Edit rails gem without restarting server

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Rails3: I cloned an existing gem in order to modify it in development. I put in my gemfile:

gem 'my_gem_name', :path => '../gems/my_gem_name'

It's working fine, but every time I want to edit the gem, I have to restart my rails server. Is there a way that I don't need to restart the server?

For view/controller/helper files there is the setting config.cache_classes = false but I wasn't able to find a similar one for the locals gem.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Feb 22 '12 at 18:08

ScottJShea

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I totally understand. Sometimes I have to ask someone "what do I google?" rather than specific help. – ScottJShea Feb 22 '12 at 21:24
Third link is now broken. – beporter Aug 16 '23 at 20:11

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