Help with gem development

[muriloime]

Hi there, I forked the repo (I am trying to add a postcss argument to the executable), but was unable to test it locally ( I keep on getting the error message

Tailwindcss::Commands::ExecutableNotFoundException: Cannot find the tailwindcss executable for x86_64-linux in 

If you're using bundler, please make sure you're on the latest bundler version:

when I point my Gemfile either to my local path or to my github repo (

gem 'tailwindcss-rails', '~> 2.0.17' # ok
# gem 'tailwindcss-rails', path: '/home/murilo/code/learn/'  # raises error 
# gem 'tailwindcss-rails', github: 'muriloime/tailwindcss-rails'  # raises error

Could you please give instructions on how to test the gem locally or give some orientation on how to circumvent the error ?

Many thanks

[muriloime]

Hi there, I managed to test it locally by running rake package, but was still unable to add the gem in my Gemfile by passing a github repo. Is there a way to do that ?

I created a PR which allows postcss parameter passing #222

cheers

[flavorjones]

Hi, basic instructions are in CONTRIBUTING.md for setting up your environment. You can run tests with bundle exec rake test.

I have no problem loading a local version with gem "tailwindcss-rails", path: "/path/to/tailwindcss-rails". Can you please provide more information on what error you're seeing?

[muriloime]

Hi @flavorjones . I cannot use the gem locally without running rake package before. That generates the local versions necessary to run it in my linux environment. otherwise I get the "cannot find the executable" error above.

Similar issue happens when trying to point the gem to a github repo (I have no idea how to generate the different versions in github, my guess is there is no way). That said, in order to use the gem with postcss I had to package a version of the gem and deploy it into rubygems 😱

[flavorjones]

@muriloime Please understand that the underlying mechanism is that the act of packaging the gem downloads the upstream binary executables. Hopefully, once that's understood, it's obvious why you need to run rake package in order to test against a local version, and why a git: option won't work in your Gemfile. Please let me know if I can help explain this better.

What additions would you like to make to the CONTRIBUTING documentation?