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logstash needs `git` in `PATH`.\r\n\r\nThe problem is that git is not installed on every machine where logstash is present.\r\nFor example, if I want to install a plugin on a logstash production environment, git is probably not installed.\r\n\r\nSo, to avoid git dependency, it could be nice to prefer something like this in `.gemspec` file :\r\n`s.files = Dir['lib/**/*','spec/**/*','*.gemspec','*.md','CONTRIBUTORS','Gemfile','LICENSE']`\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/logstash/issues/comments/99799218","html_url":"https://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/3117#issuecomment-99799218","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/logstash/issues/3117","id":99799218,"user":{"login":"purbon","id":68540,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/68540?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon","html_url":"https://github.com/purbon","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/purbon/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-07T09:55:57Z","updated_at":"2015-05-07T09:55:57Z","body":"Even if not just to fix this issue, I like the idea of not using anymore git to get the files ... for example in logstash-core there is no more the usage of git https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/master/logstash-core.gemspec#L14"}}