$ gem release your.gemspec # builds the gem and pushes it to rubygems.org
$ gem release # uses the first *.gemspec in the current
# working directory
$ gem release --tag # also executes gem tag
$ gem release --key KEY # use the specified API key from
# ~/.gem/credentials
$ gem release --host HOST # push to a gemcutter-compatible host other
# than rubygems.org
$ gem release --quiet # suppress output status messages
$ gem tag # creates a git tag and pushes to the origin
# git repository
$ gem gemspec # generates a [gem_name].gemspec using
# Dir["{lib/**/*,[A-Z]*}"]
$ gem gemspec --strategy git # uses s.files = `git ls-files app
# lib`.split("\n")
$ gem bootstrap # generates a [gem_name].gemspec using the
# current directory name and scaffolds
# lib/[gem_name]/version.rb, README, test/
$ gem bootstrap your_gem # creates a your_gem directory, bootstraps
# your_gem and inits a git repo
$ gem bootstrap --github # inits a git repo, creates it on github and
# pushes it to github (requires git config
# for github.user and github.token to be set)
$ gem bump # Bump the gem version to the next patch or
# pre-release level (e.g. 0.0.1 to 0.0.2,
# 1.0.0.pre1 to 1.0.0.pre2, 1.0.0.rc1 to
# 1.0.0.rc2)
$ gem bump --version 1.1.1 # Bump the gem version to the given version
# number
$ gem bump --version major # Bump the gem version to the next major
# level (e.g. 0.0.1 to 1.0.0)
$ gem bump --version minor # Bump the gem version to the next minor
# level (e.g. 0.0.1 to 0.1.0)
$ gem bump --version patch # Bump the gem version to the next patch
# level (e.g. 0.0.1 to 0.0.2)
$ gem bump --version pre|rc|etc # Bump the gem version to the next
# pre-release level (e.g. `pre`: 1.0.0.pre1
# to 1.0.0.pre2, 0.0.1 to 0.0.2.pre1;
# `beta`: 1.0.0.beta1 to 1.0.0.beta2, 0.0.1
# to 0.0.2.beta1)
$ gem bump --push # Bump and push to the origin git repository
$ gem bump --tag # Bump and tag gem and pushes tags to the
# origin repository
$ gem bump --release # Bump and release gem
$ gem bump --release --key KEY # Bump and release the gem, using the
# specified API key from ~/.gem/credentials
$ gem bump --release --host HOST # Bump and release the gem to a
# gemcutter-compatible host other than
# rubygems.org
$ gem bump --release --quiet # Bump and release the gem, suppressing
# output status messages
$ gem bump --tag --release # Bump, tag, push and release gem
$ gem bump --no-commit # Bump the gem version but don't git commit
# (will be ignored if combined with push,
# tag or release)
