When do you need a require in a rails Gemfile?

Question

In my gemfile I have things like:

gem \'net-sftp\', \'2.1.1\', :require => \'net/sftp\'
gem \'backup\', \'3.0.27\'
gem \'watu_table_builder\', :require =&         


        

Answer 1

This is often used if the name of the library to require is different than the name of the gem. In your case it would download the gem 'watu_table_builder', but would call 'table_builder'.