Ruby Virtualenv
===============

Inspired by Python's [virtualenv](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv)
project, Ruby-Virtualenv is a utility to create sandboxed Ruby/Rubygems
environments.

It is meant to address the following issues:

* Conflicts with unspecified gem dependency versions.
* Applications can have their own gem repositories.
* Permissions for installing your own gems.
* Ability to try gems out without installing into your global repository.
* A Simple way to enable this.

Running from your own gem repositories is fairly straight-forward, but
managing the necessary environment is a pain. This utility will create
a new environment which may be activated by the script `bin/activate` in
your sandbox directory.

Run the script with the following to enable your new environment:

    $ source bin/activate

When you want to leave the environment:

    $ deactivate

Notes
-----

* It creates an environment that has its own installation directory for Gems.
* It doesn't share gems with other sandbox environments.
* It (optionally) doesn't use the globally installed gems either.
* It will use a local to the sandbox .gemrc file

Install
-------

    $ gem install ruby-virtualenv

Usage
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Create a new virtualenv (verbose output by default):

    $ ruby-virtualenv ~/.ruby-virtualenvs/my-new-sandbox
    creating new sandbox in ~/.ruby-virtualenvs/my-new-sandbox
    installing activation script
    installing .gemrc
    installing gems:
      nothing to do

Create a new sandbox with specific gems:

    $ ruby-virtualenv ~/.ruby-virtualenvs/my-new-sandbox -g rake,rails
    creating new sandbox in ~/.ruby-virtualenvs/my-new-sandbox
    installing activation script
    installing .gemrc
    installing gems:
      gem: rake
      gem: rails

License
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    (The MIT License)

    Copyright (c) 2011 Francesc Esplugas
    Copyright (c) 2008 Jacob Radford

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    a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
    'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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