#303 Publishing a Gem pro

Nov 28, 2011 | 11 minutes | Tools

In this second part on making a gem, you will learn how to publish a gem by releasing it to rubygems.org, testing it through Travis CI, documenting it on RubyDoc.info, and advertising it on various sites.

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          bash
        
git status
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"
git remote add origin git@github.com:ryanb/url_formatter.git
git push -u origin master
rake release

          Gemfile
        
# alternative ways to use a gem
gem 'url_formatter', path: '~/code/url_formatter' # local
gem 'url_formatter', git: 'git://github.com/ryanb/url_formatter.git' # github
gem 'url_formatter' # rubygems.org

          CHANGELOG.md
        
## v0.0.1

* initial release

          url_formatter.gemspec
        
s.add_development_dependency "rake"

          .travis.yml
        
rvm:
  - 1.9.2

          README.md
        
# URL Formatter [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/ryanb/url_formatter.png)](http://travis-ci.org/ryanb/url_formatter)