BUNDLE-BINSTUBS(1)

💖 BUNDLE-BINSTUBS(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for bundle-binstubs — it's a General Commands Manual situation and honestly? iconic. this is the one that installs the binstubs of the listed gems. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

bundle-binstubs — install the binstubs of the listed gems

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bundle binstubs GEM_NAME [--force] [--standalone] [--all-platforms]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what even is a binstub, you ask? bestie. okay so binstubs are scripts that wrap around executables. Bundler creates a small Ruby file (a binstub, duh 💅) that loads Bundler, runs the command, and puts it into bin/. binstubs are a shortcut — or, like, an alternative — to always using bundle exec. and the way that this slaps is you get a file you can run directly, and one that will always run the correct gem version used by the application. no cap. 🔥

for example, if you run bundle binstubs rspec-core, Bundler will create the file bin/rspec. that file will contain enough code to load Bundler, tell it to load the bundled gems, and then run rspec. literally that easy, periodt. ✨

this command generates binstubs for executables in GEM_NAME. binstubs are put into bin, or the directory specified by the bin setting if it has been configured. and calling binstubs with [GEM [GEM]] will create binstubs for all given gems. multi-gem moment, we love to see it. 👑

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🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• --force — overwrite existing binstubs if they exist. like, yes, we're replacing them, sorry not sorry 💀
• --standalone — makes binstubs that can work without depending on Rubygems or Bundler at runtime. free and independent, main character energy fr fr 🧚
• --shebang=SHEBANG — specify a different shebang executable name than the default (default 'ruby'). customize your lil header, go off 🌈
• --all — create binstubs for all gems in the bundle. every single one. obsessed. 💖
• --all-platforms — install binstubs for all platforms. no gem left behind 🫶

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lowkey reminder bestie: --standalone means the binstub stops depending on Rubygems or Bundler at runtime — that's the whole point of it, so don't expect it to phone home. 💅

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and that's the whole page!! 🎉 this was bundle-binstubs, from the General Commands Manual, dated April 2026 (yes, from the future, we stay ahead 💜). ty for reading, go make some binstubs, slay responsibly. mwah. 😭💖✨