A gem that provides 3-level configuration (settings from environment varables, personal settings file and default settings file)
##Installation: gem install config_parser
(for bundler: gem "config_parser", "0.1.4", :git => "git://github.com/elhe/config_parser.git")
code
@settings = AppSettings::Settings.new(File.expand_path('./default.properties'), File.expand_path('./override.properties')) # create settings object
@setting.path # get value
or settings singletone
require 'singleton'
require 'config_parser'
class Properties
include Singleton
def initialize
@settings = AppSettings::Settings.new(File.expand_path('./default.properties'), File.expand_path('./override.properties'))
end
def settings
@settings
end
end
def properties
Properties.instance.settings
end
Also you can override or define parameter from command line e.g. rake browser=safari