GLI 2 and the examples

I just released GLI version 2 tonight and while it is almost entirely backward compatible with the version used in the book, a few things need to change.

First off, if you are using the versions of gems in the code download’s Gemfile (e.g. via bundle install), then you are good and you can stop reading here. Everything’s fine.

IF, you either are using GLI 2, or would like to, here’s what you’ll need to know:

• exit GLI.run(ARGV) no longer works. You’ll need to replace it with exit run(ARGV). This doesn’t work in GLI 1.x
• On page 28 of the ebook, the code snippet there says to use exit GLI.run(ARGV). This won’t work with 2.x, and it would need to be exit run*ARGV) as described above

That’s it. Everything else works.

I’m working on getting a code update that uses GLI 2 available, but I want to let it settle for a bit first. As always, email me, or post issues at GLI’s github page:http://www.github.com/davetron5000/gli

I have gli 2.5.6 installed.
After typing ‘gli scaffold to-do new list add’, I type ‘bundle exec bin/to-do’
It ‘works’ but I get this warning:

The source :rubygems is deprecated because HTTP requests are insecure.
Please change your source to ‘https://rubygems.org’ if possible, or ‘http://rubygems.org’ if not.

OK, so I changed the Gemfile as indicated, and the error goes away.

The book indicates that ‘bin/to-do new’ will recognize the command but do nothing, but it prints the same help information as it does with no command.
And since in the scaffold code I see the line ‘puts “new command ran”’ in the action block for the :new command, I expected to at least see that. In fact that does not print.

Since I haven’t touched the scaffold code, I presume gli 2.5.6 has a bug in it. Am I correct?

BTW: Absolutely SUPER book! Lots of good info. Great exposition. Thanks.

I’ll be even more thankful if I can get gli to work:-)

The problem was that I was using Ruby 1.9.2. When I switched rvm over to 1.9.3 and installed the necessary gems, things worked like a charm.