install_gem automatically installs missing dependencies. From Dr. Nic.

[git-p4: depot-paths = "//src/hoe/dev/": change = 4596]

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index ac6252d..a00411c 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 * N minor enhancement:
 
+  * install_gem automatically installs missing dependencies. From Dr. Nic.
   * Parameterized history and readme paths for github users (*sigh*).
   * Added rspec support including having both tests and specs.
   * Match RubyGems' RDoc behavior and removed rdoc_pattern attribute.  Use
diff --git a/lib/hoe.rb b/lib/hoe.rb
index 486359a..87311f4 100644
--- a/lib/hoe.rb
+++ b/lib/hoe.rb
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ class Hoe
     end
 
     desc 'Install the package as a gem.'
-    task :install_gem => [:clean, :package] do
+    task :install_gem => [:clean, :package, :check_extra_deps] do
       gem = Dir['pkg/*.gem'].first
       sh "#{'sudo ' unless WINDOZE}gem install --local #{gem}"
     end
@@ -867,6 +867,18 @@ class Hoe
       end
     end
 
+    desc 'Check dependent gems are installed locally else install from rubyforge'
+    task :check_extra_deps do
+      # extra_deps = [["rubyforge", ">= 1.0.0"], ["rake", ">= 0.8.1"]]
+      extra_deps.each do |dep_gem, dep_version|
+        begin
+          gem dep_gem, dep_version
+        rescue Gem::LoadError
+          sh "#{'sudo ' unless WINDOZE}gem install #{dep_gem} --version '#{dep_version}'"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     desc 'Create a fresh ~/.hoerc file.'
     task :config_hoe do
       with_config do |config, path|