From 4e4b9b3d252a93a5308f24997b3f5217ccd0901e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 07:38:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add Run Commands With Specific Rails Version as a Rails TIL

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 README.md                                     |  3 +-
 ...un-commands-with-specific-rails-version.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 rails/run-commands-with-specific-rails-version.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce11890..f80a467 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://crafty-builder-6996.ck.page/e169c61186).
 
-_1368 TILs and counting..._
+_1369 TILs and counting..._
 
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@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ _1368 TILs and counting..._
 - [Rollback A Specific Migration Out Of Order](rails/rollback-a-specific-migration-out-of-order.md)
 - [Rounding Numbers With Precision](rails/rounding-numbers-with-precision.md)
 - [Run A Rake Task Programmatically](rails/run-a-rake-task-programmatically.md)
+- [Run Commands With Specific Rails Version](rails/run-commands-with-specific-rails-version.md)
 - [Run Some Code Whenever Rails Console Starts](rails/run-some-code-whenever-rails-console-starts.md)
 - [Schedule Sidekiq Jobs Out Into The Future](rails/schedule-sidekiq-jobs-out-into-the-future.md)
 - [Secure Passwords With Rails And Bcrypt](rails/secure-passwords-with-rails-and-bcrypt.md)
diff --git a/rails/run-commands-with-specific-rails-version.md b/rails/run-commands-with-specific-rails-version.md
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index 0000000..ea66b88
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+++ b/rails/run-commands-with-specific-rails-version.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Run Commands With Specific Rails Version
+
+You can have multiple versions of a gem like `rails` installed with `gem`.
+However, when you go to run a rails command, your system will default to using
+the latest version that you have installed.
+
+So doing a version check will show that version to currently be `7.1.3` and
+running something like `rails new` will set up a new Rails 7.1.3 app.
+
+```bash
+$ rails --version
+Rails 7.1.3
+
+$ rails new my_app
+```
+
+If you want to use a Rails version besides the latest you have installed for
+whatever command, you can use a `gem` convention which is to put `_<VERSION>_`
+right after the gem name.
+
+Let's try this for Rails 6.1.3:
+
+```bash
+$ rails _6.1.3_ --version
+Rails 6.1.3
+
+$ rails _6.1.3_ new my_app
+```
+
+[source](https://stackoverflow.com/a/452458/535590)