From 2dd2fcf89673afbcf95240ecebaf34826a195164 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prem Sichanugrist <s@sikac.hu>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:13:23 -0500
Subject: Introduce `Rails.gem_version`

This method return `Gem::Version.new(Rails.version)`, suggesting a more
reliable way to perform version comparison.

Example:

    Rails.version #=> "4.1.2"
    Rails.gem_version #=> #<Gem::Version "4.1.2">

    Rails.version > "4.1.10" #=> false
    Rails.gem_version > Gem::Version.new("4.1.10") #=> true
    Gem::Requirement.new("~> 4.1.2") =~ Rails.gem_version #=> true

This was originally introduced as `.version` by @charliesome in #8501
but got reverted in #10002 since it was not backward compatible.

Also, updating template for `rake update_versions`.
---
 version.rb | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'version.rb')

diff --git a/version.rb b/version.rb
index 79313c936a..c7397c4f15 100644
--- a/version.rb
+++ b/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 module Rails
+  # Returns the version of the currently loaded Rails as a <tt>Gem::Version</tt>
+  def self.gem_version
+    Gem::Version.new VERSION::STRING
+  end
+
   module VERSION
     MAJOR = 4
     MINOR = 2
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