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The command manager registers and installs all the individual sub-commands supported by the gem command.
Extra commands can be provided by writing a rubygems_plugin.rb file in an installed gem.  You should register your command against the Gem::CommandManager instance, like this:
# file rubygems_plugin.rb require 'rubygems/command_manager' Gem::CommandManager.instance.register_command :edit
You should put the implementation of your command in rubygems/commands.
# file rubygems/commands/edit_command.rb class Gem::Commands::EditCommand < Gem::Command # ... end
See Gem::Command for instructions on writing gem commands.
Return the authoritative instance of the command manager.
 
               # File rubygems/command_manager.rb, line 74
def self.instance
  @command_manager ||= new
end
             
            Returns a Command instance for command_name
 
               # File rubygems/command_manager.rb, line 122
def [](command_name)
  command_name = command_name.intern
  return nil if @commands[command_name].nil?
  @commands[command_name] ||= load_and_instantiate(command_name)
end
             
            Return a sorted list of all command names as strings.
 
               # File rubygems/command_manager.rb, line 131
def command_names
  @commands.keys.collect {|key| key.to_s}.sort
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/command_manager.rb, line 173
def find_command(cmd_name)
  possibilities = find_command_possibilities cmd_name
  if possibilities.size > 1 then
    raise Gem::CommandLineError,
          "Ambiguous command #{cmd_name} matches [#{possibilities.join(', ')}]"
  elsif possibilities.empty? then
    raise Gem::CommandLineError, "Unknown command #{cmd_name}"
  end
  self[possibilities.first]
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/command_manager.rb, line 186
def find_command_possibilities(cmd_name)
  len = cmd_name.length
  found = command_names.select { |name| cmd_name == name[0, len] }
  exact = found.find { |name| name == cmd_name }
  exact ? [exact] : found
end
             
            Returns self. Allows a CommandManager instance to stand in for the class itself.
 
               # File rubygems/command_manager.rb, line 82
def instance
  self
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/command_manager.rb, line 150
def process_args(args, build_args=nil)
  if args.empty? then
    say Gem::Command::HELP
    terminate_interaction 1
  end
  case args.first
  when '-h', '--help' then
    say Gem::Command::HELP
    terminate_interaction 0
  when '-v', '--version' then
    say Gem::VERSION
    terminate_interaction 0
  when /^-/ then
    alert_error "Invalid option: #{args.first}.  See 'gem --help'."
    terminate_interaction 1
  else
    cmd_name = args.shift.downcase
    cmd = find_command cmd_name
    cmd.invoke_with_build_args args, build_args
  end
end
             
            Register the Symbol command as a gem command.
 
               # File rubygems/command_manager.rb, line 108
def register_command(command, obj=false)
  @commands[command] = obj
end
             
            Run the command specified by args.
 
               # File rubygems/command_manager.rb, line 138
def run(args, build_args=nil)
  process_args(args, build_args)
rescue StandardError, Timeout::Error => ex
  alert_error "While executing gem ... (#{ex.class})\n    #{ex}"
  ui.backtrace ex
  terminate_interaction(1)
rescue Interrupt
  alert_error "Interrupted"
  terminate_interaction(1)
end