If one want to make a gem from a git version of sup, he can also
want to define a version number (e.g. in the form <previous public
release>.1, so that when a new version is released the gem will be
updated nonetheless). With this patch the version can be defined with
the REL environment variable (as in ferret Rakefile)
## allow people who use development versions by running "rake gem"
## and installing the resulting gem it to be able to do this. (gem
-## versions must be in dotted-digit notation only).
-version = Redwood::VERSION == "git" ? "999" : Redwood::VERSION
-
+## versions must be in dotted-digit notation only and can be passed
+## with the REL environment variable to "rake gem").
+if ENV['REL']
+ version = ENV['REL']
+else
+ version = Redwood::VERSION == "git" ? "999" : Redwood::VERSION
+end
Hoe.new('sup', version) do |p|
p.rubyforge_name = 'sup'
p.author = "William Morgan"