Does this:
gem 'whenever', require: false
mean that the gem needs to be installed, or does it mean it is not required?
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Does this:
gem 'whenever', require: false
mean that the gem needs to be installed, or does it mean it is not required?
Best Answer
This means install the gem, but do not call require when you start Bundler. So you will need to manually call
if you want to use the library.
If you were to do
then bundler would download the gem named whenever, but would call
This is often used if the name of library to require is different than the name of the gem.