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Managing different projects with different Ruby versions with rbenv has been the bane of my existence the past couple weeks. Why isn’t this experience fleshed o

• nitrogen 5y ago
  Use rvm with .ruby-version (and optionally .ruby-gemset) files in each project. RVM hooks into the cd command so it's automatic. For CI scripting you use "rvm (path) do (command)."
  • jamesgeck0 5y ago
    rbenv also automatically swaps versions based on .ruby-version files. I believe it accomplishes this by wrapping the ruby binary with a script that checks your project directory; it doesn't touch cd.
• regularfry 5y ago
  Personally I get very good mileage out of the ruby-install/chruby/rv trifecta. RVM and rbenv tried to do too much for my liking.