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Created July 31, 2011 22:25
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For some reason, sometimes you just want to delete your gems and start over.
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remove_all_gems.rb
`gem list --no-versions`.split("\n").each do |gem|
`gem list -d #{gem}`.gsub(/Installed at(.*):.*/).each do |dir|
dir = dir.gsub(/Installed at(.*): /,'').gsub("\n", '')
system "gem uninstall #{gem} -aIx -i #{dir}"
end
end
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