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required – a utility to require all files in a directory.

require 'required'
required "some/path/to/dir"

Why would one want to require a whole bunch of files at once? I have used this gem on 2 projects to:

• require dozens of jar files when working on a JRuby project
• pull in all files before running code coverage (rcov), to find code that is otherwise dead/untouched

Let me know if there are other good uses!

Options for required include the ability to recursively descend through subdirectories, include/exclude files based on pattern matching, and to specify the order of requires based on filename. An array of all the files that were loaded is returned.

See the README for quick usage instructions, including available options.