error: "fatal: I don't handle protocol ``git` when using bundle install

Question

I have the following line in my GemFile :

gem \'rails\', :git => \'git://github.com/rails/rails.git\'

I get the following error:

Answer 1

It's the issue with the newer version of the Bundler 1.0.14.

I needed to revert to 1.0.13 to make it work. They apparently had some issues dealing with escape characters in Windows.

See here > https://github.com/carlhuda/bundler/issues/1212

Answer 2

Try this instead in your Gemfile:

gem 'rails', :git => "https://github.com/rails/rails.git"

git:// can sometimes be blocked by firewalls. Though in your case that's probably not the issue. Try double quotes instead.