Support for the Ruby 2.1 series ended on March 31 2017. See here for details.
A GitSpecification represents a gem
that is sourced from a git repository and is being loaded through a gem
dependencies file through the git:
option.
Installing a git gem only involves building the extensions and generating the executables.
# File rubygems/resolver/git_specification.rb, line 19 def install options require 'rubygems/installer' installer = Gem::Installer.new '', options installer.spec = spec yield installer if block_given? installer.run_pre_install_hooks installer.build_extensions installer.run_post_build_hooks installer.generate_bin installer.run_post_install_hooks end