Install Haml in vendor/gems under Windows

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Following this blog entry -> Vendor Everything — err.the_blog I am trying to install Haml in vendor/gems on a Windows environment. What I did was

my_project\vendor\gems\gem fetch haml Downloaded haml-2.0.1

my_project\vendor\gems\gem unpack haml-2.0.1.gem Unpacked gem: 'my_project/vendor/gems/haml-2.0.1.gem'

The next step in the install instructions (http:// haml.hamptoncatlin.com/download/) is

haml --rails path/to/app

Where is this haml command supposed to exist? Is it the haml.rb in my_project/vendor/gems/haml-2.0.1/lib? I tried

my_project\vendor\gems\haml-2.0.1\lib\ruby haml.rb --rails ../../../..

and

my_project\ruby vendor\gems\haml-2.0.1\lib\haml.rb --rails .

Both do not generate any output. I understand there should be generated a init.rb in the vendor/plugins directory but it's empty. What am I doing wrong?

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haml is an executable you "just" type in the root of your rails app

haml --rails .

or one directory up

haml --rails name_of_folder_app_is_in

hope it helps

Following this blog entry ->Vendor Everything — err.the_blog I am trying to install Haml in vendor/gems on a Windows environment. What I did was

my_project\vendor\gems\gem fetch haml Downloaded haml-2.0.1

you dont need to do this explicitely,

you can just do gem install haml

my_project\vendor\gems\gem unpack haml-2.0.1.gem Unpacked gem: 'my_project/vendor/gems/haml-2.0.1.gem'

The next step in the install instructions (http:// haml.hamptoncatlin.com/download/) is

haml --rails path/to/app

Where is this haml command supposed to exist?

windows/system32 i think

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Is there any significant difference in putting Haml in vendor/gems vs keeping it in vendor/plugins [under git submodule]? I know the recommended manner is to use the gem. Just wondering if there's anything noticeably different. [And too lazy to suss it out for myself.]

RSL

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one difference is that when you do gem update the plugins dont get updated you have to go into each and evry one of them in each and every one of the rails projects you have done and type svn up.

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if you're vendoring rails, you wouldn't want an automatically updated haml either though. and freezing haml to vendor seems much like using it as a plugin. just my take.

RSL