Why are Gems bundled at RubyGems smaller than ones built from Github?

2015-02-08 Thread Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
gem 'spree', git: 'https://github.com/spree/spree.git', branch: '2-1-stable' --> my slug is 262 MB gem 'spree', '2.1.12' if I point my Spree app to a gem built with a reference to an open github repo, when it compiles & builds at 262 MB. When I point it to the packaged gem at Ruby gems -- ba

Re: Why are Gems bundled at RubyGems smaller than ones built from Github?

2015-02-08 Thread richard schneeman
Rubygems compresses your code into a tar archive. GitHub pulls all the code in source control similar to if you did a manual clone and it doesn't compress. What you're seeing is expected. — Sent from Mailbox On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Jason Fleetwood-Boldt wrote: > gem 'spree', git: