You should not be messing with other people's $LOAD_PATH (e.g., $:). This line ends up causing require 'utils', require 'client', require 'url', require 'version', and require 'v3' to all preferentially load the copy from the bitly gem, instead of whatever they should actually point to.
From bitly.rb:
You should not be messing with other people's
$LOAD_PATH
(e.g.,$:
). This line ends up causingrequire 'utils'
,require 'client'
,require 'url'
,require 'version'
, andrequire 'v3'
to all preferentially load the copy from the bitly gem, instead of whatever they should actually point to.