workaround to load irb specific gem (loaded in .irbrc) in bundler environment, like rails3 console

irb_require_without_bundler_hack.rb

# Add all gems in the global gemset to the $LOAD_PATH so they can be used in rails3 console with bundler
if defined?(::Bundler)
  $LOAD_PATH.concat Dir.glob("#{ENV['rvm_path']}/gems/#{ENV['rvm_ruby_string']}@global/gems/*/lib")
end

use as require_without_bundler 'awesome_print', 'hirb', 'interactive_editor'

Nice, i'll give it a try :)

oh c'mon.

module Bundler
  # Activate a gem from outside the Gemfile. Could be considered harmful.
  # Might be useful for .irbrc and friends. It's a slow activation, but
  # after activation, files from the activated gems will be available for
  # normal require.
  def self.activate_outside(*gems)
    # Bundler doesn't cripple this:
    Gem.source_index.refresh!
    # Or this:
    Gem.activate(*gems)
  ensure
    # Re-enable the bundler lockdown via bundlers #initialize hack
    Gem.send(:class_variable_set, :@@source_index, nil)
  end
end

Your solution looks wonderful. Thank you for sharing. I'll update my irbrc.

Here's an alternative that's working for me, just stick this in your .irbrc :

# Add all gems in the global gemset to the $LOAD_PATH so they can be used even
# in places like 'rails console'.
if defined?(::Bundler)
  global_gemset = ENV['GEM_PATH'].split(':').grep(/ruby.*@global/).first
  if global_gemset
    all_global_gem_paths = Dir.glob("#{global_gemset}/gems/*")
    all_global_gem_paths.each do |p|
      gem_path = "#{p}/lib"
      $LOAD_PATH << gem_path
    end
  end
end

@mschulkind your solution is better, but I'm not found GEM_PATH, in my ENV, but found ENV['rvm_ruby_global_gems_path'].
I'm updated gist with new version

@skojin I tried your solution but it didn't work for me. ENV['rvm_ruby_string'] is empty.

@mschulkind's alternative worked fine for me.

@mschulkind Thanks for posting that snippet. I've shortened it a bit, to make it a bit easier to grok:

# Add all gems in the global gemset to the $LOAD_PATH so they can be used even
# in places like 'rails console'.
if defined?(::Bundler)
  global_gemset = ENV['GEM_PATH'].split(':').grep(/ruby.*@global/).first
  $LOAD_PATH.concat(Dir.glob("#{global_gemset}/gems/*/lib")) if global_gemset
end