mattbrictson/chandler

Feature request: Rake task for automatically invoking Chandler in projects that lack a .gemspec

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#29 opened on Feb 21, 2017

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help wantedneeds more infonew feature

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Description

I am trying to use chandler for a Chef Cookbook that I am authoring. In including chandler's rake task, I am receiving the error message NoMethodError: undefined method gemspec' for nil:NilClass`. I am not well versed in the ruby eco-system but I am thinking that this is because I do not have a gemspec file in the top level directory of my project.

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Research direction
Examine the chandler source code to understand where the .gemspec is loaded and why it fails without one. Then, implement a fallback for projects without a .gemspec, perhaps by deriving gem name and version from alternative sources like Gemfile or metadata.
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
build system
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Feature
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Mostly clear
Prerequisites
RubyRake
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50