Toxic Elephant

Opinions about Ruby gem development, 2018 edition

Posted by matijs 31/12/2018 at 15h46

• Your next release should nearly always come from the master branch.
• When updating your feature branch, prefer git rebase master over git merge master.
• When merging your feature into master, prefer merge bubbles over squash merges and fast-forwards.
• bundle exec rake should run your tests.
• You still should not check in Gemfile.lock.
• Use RuboCop. Running just rubocop should do the right thing. If you need a specific version, add it to the Gemfile. In that case, bundle exec rubocop should do the right thing.