Support for the Ruby 2.4 series has ended. See here for reference.
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 24 def install options = {} require 'rubygems/installer' installer = Gem::Installer.for_spec spec, options 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