How deeply does The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Fourth Edition cover bundling?

Explains dependency declaration, resolution, fetching, installation, and execution, but does not detail Bundler's internal resolver.

Bundling

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Bundler is a Ruby dependency manager that resolves and installs the exact gem versions specified for a project.

Bundling manages a Ruby project's dependencies by tracking the required gems and installing the versions the project expects, rather than treating each installation as an isolated command. section 1.4.4

$ gem install prawn

Start with a Gemfile that names the package source and the project dependency, such as colorize version 1.1.0. section 1.4.4

Running Bundler resolves dependencies, fetches the needed gems, and installs them together. A project declaring colorize 1.1.0 reports the requested gem and an additional dependency as installed. section 1.4.4

Bundling fits into ordinary Ruby package and application work:

Use gem for individual package installation; use Bundler when a project must describe and install its dependency set. section 1.4.4
Load an installed library with require, then run the project command through bundle exec ruby c2fio.rb. section 1.4.4
Use gem with a named version when selecting a particular installed library version, as with Prawn 2.2.0. section 1.4.4

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