Call the interpreter ironruby, as JRuby's is jruby; ir stays its short name by Largo · Pull Request #35 · Largo/ironruby

Largo · 2026-10-28T10:24:00Z

IronRuby's interpreter is now called ironruby, the way JRuby's is jruby. ir stays as the short name.

Why

RbConfig::CONFIG["ruby_install_name"] was "ir", so every binstub RubyGems, Bundler and Rails write started #!/usr/bin/env ir (ir.exe on Windows). Ruby runs a #! line only when it says "ruby", so bin/rails needed a special case (RubyUtils.ShebangNamesIronRuby) to run at all. jruby and truffleruby never needed one. iruby is not an option: it is the command of the IRuby Jupyter kernel gem.

What changes

Launchers: ironruby and ironruby.cmd are the launchers, with what ir.sh and ir.cmd had. ir.sh and ir.cmd forward to them. ir.cmd hands over without call, so ^ in arguments is not doubled. igem, iirb, irb and irubyc call ironruby directly.
Install name: ruby_install_name is "ironruby". The build puts an ironruby(.exe) copy of the apphost beside ir(.exe); it starts the same ir.dll. So RbConfig.ruby names a file, as libraries that spawn it need.
Gem.ruby: prefers the ironruby launcher, then ir.sh / ir.cmd.
Old binstubs: ShebangNamesIronRuby stays, so binstubs already written with ir keep running.
Release and CI: release archives ship both launchers, and the release check and CI's smoke test run both. CI also checks ruby_install_name and that RbConfig.ruby exists.
Docs: README and Docs/rails-on-windows.md updated.

Tested

Windows:
- ironruby.cmd and ir.cmd pass ^, <, > and & through, and return the exit code, the same as ir.cmd on master.
- RbConfig.ruby is ironruby.exe and exists.
- A #!/usr/bin/env ironruby script runs, and so does an old #!/usr/bin/env ir.exe one.
- gem install writes #!<root>/ironruby.cmd.
- The bare ironruby.exe and ir.exe behave identically.
Ubuntu 24.04 (container, .NET 10):
- ironruby, ir.sh and both apphosts are executable.
- The kernel runs a #!/usr/bin/env ironruby binstub directly with the tree on PATH.
- An old #!<tree>/ir.sh binstub still runs.
Test suite: the full C# suite passes.

Also: the launch video is rendered only on request

release.yml rendered the launch video, about 7 minutes, on every release tag and on every pull request that touched the packaging (this one does). Now only a run by hand renders it:

render_video keeps it as an artifact.
video_for renders it and puts it, with its SHA256SUMS line, on a release, which also adds it to one published without a video.

A release publishes the archives alone, and a change to media/launch no longer starts the workflow.

Also: `ironruby` with no script reads stdin, as `ruby` does

With neither -e nor a script, ruby reads the program from stdin until EOF, at a terminal as well, and $0 is "-". JRuby does the same. IronRuby instead started the DLR's interactive console at a terminal: not irb, but a console with Microsoft's banner and an (ir) prompt. It also left $0 as nil when it read stdin. The options parser now gives "-" in that case, as if it had been typed.

irb is irb / iirb.

Tested against CRuby:

Over a pipe, on Windows: $0, ARGV, -w, empty stdin, - a b, and -v / -h exiting without reading stdin.
At a real terminal (a pty from script), on Ubuntu 24.04: no banner, reads until ^D, $0 == "-", $stdin.tty? true.

The C# suite passes.

Also: `ironrubyw.exe`, as `rubyw.exe` and `jrubyw.exe`

ironrubyw.exe is the same ir.dll behind an apphost marked as a Windows GUI program (PE subsystem 2), so Windows gives it no console window. It is for Windows Forms and WPF programs. The build makes it with the SDK's own CreateAppHost, as for a WinExe project, and publish puts it beside ir.exe, so the Windows archive ships it. Without a script it reads nothing and exits, as rubyw does.

Notepad: Samples/Notepad/notepad.cmd starts ironrubyw.exe. The start /b workaround remains only for a build from before it.
Old irw: Src/WinConsole (irw.exe, irw64.exe) is removed. It hadn't built since the move to .NET (missing Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v4.0.dll), nothing built or shipped it, and ironrubyw is what it was for. Ruby.sln no longer lists it.
Checks: CI checks that ironrubyw.exe has the GUI subsystem and runs a script, and the release check fails without it in the Windows archive.

Tested on Windows:

ironrubyw.exe has subsystem 2, and ir.exe / ironruby.exe keep 3.
It runs a script with the standard library and with no terminal attached.
Samples/Notepad/test_notepad.rb passes under it ("all passed").
A win-x64 publish contains it.
The C# suite passes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added ironruby as the primary launcher on Windows and Linux, while retaining ir as a short alias.
- Added a Windows GUI launcher for console-free applications and updated the Notepad sample to use it when available.
- Running IronRuby without a command or script now reads input from standard input.
Documentation
- Updated setup guidance and examples to use the ironruby command, including Rails, RubyGems, and Bundler instructions.
Maintenance
- Updated release packaging and smoke tests to check the new launchers and removed the legacy Windows Forms console projects.

…t name RbConfig's ruby_install_name was "ir", so the binstubs RubyGems, Bundler and Rails write started `#!/usr/bin/env ir`. Ruby runs a #! line only when it says "ruby", so bin/rails needed a special case to run at all; "jruby" and "truffleruby" never did. "iruby" is taken: it is the Jupyter kernel's command. - The launchers are ironruby and ironruby.cmd now, with what ir.sh and ir.cmd had; ir.sh and ir.cmd forward to them. igem, iirb, irb and irubyc call ironruby directly. - ruby_install_name is "ironruby". The build puts an ironruby(.exe) copy of the apphost beside ir(.exe) - it starts the same ir.dll - so RbConfig.ruby is a file, as libraries that spawn it need. - Gem.ruby prefers the ironruby launcher, then ir.sh / ir.cmd. - ShebangNamesIronRuby stays, for binstubs written with ir. - Release archives ship both launchers; CI and the release check run both.

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This pull request adds ironruby launchers for Linux and Windows, updates launcher naming across runtime configuration and callers, and adds a Windows GUI apphost. It also changes default stdin selection and adjusts release workflow video conditions.

Changes: IronRuby launcher

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Apphost creation and host removal `Src/Console/Ruby.Console.csproj`, `Ruby.sln`, `Src/WinConsole/*`	The console project now creates `ironruby` apphosts and a Windows `ironrubyw.exe` apphost. The solution and repository remove the former Windows console projects.
Canonical launchers and aliases `ironruby`, `ironruby.cmd`, `ir.sh`, `ir.cmd`	The new launchers select and start the built executable. The existing `ir` launchers now forward to the canonical launchers.
Runtime naming and launcher callers `Src/StdLib/ironruby/rbconfig.rb`, `Src/Ruby/Runtime/RubyUtils.cs`, `Src/StdLib/ruby/4.0/rubygems/defaults/ironruby.rb`, `igem.`, `iirb.`, `irb.`, `irubyc.`, `README.md`, `Docs/rails-on-windows.md`	Runtime configuration, RubyGems launcher selection, wrappers, and documentation use `ironruby` as the launcher name. Existing `ir` binstubs remain supported.
Windows launch integration and validation `Samples/Notepad/*`, `Util/package-release.sh`, `.github/workflows/ci.yml`	The Notepad sample prefers the GUI launcher and retains a console fallback. Packaging and CI checks validate the canonical launchers, aliases, and GUI executable.

Default stdin selection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parser stdin default `Src/Ruby/Hosting/RubyOptionsParser.cs`, `Src/Ruby/Hosting/RubyCommandLine.cs`	When parsing does not request exit and no command or script is set, the parser assigns `-` as the filename and main file. The command-line comment describes this behavior and redirected stdin handling.

Release workflow video controls

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Manual video rendering and release job `.github/workflows/release.yml`	Manual runs add a `render_video` input. The video job runs only when a manual run sets that input or provides `video_for`. The release job no longer depends on the video job.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant ir.cmd
  participant ironruby.cmd
  participant IronRubyExecutable
  User->>ir.cmd: Invoke launcher with arguments
  ir.cmd->>ironruby.cmd: Forward arguments
  ironruby.cmd->>IronRubyExecutable: Select and start executable with arguments

Possibly related PRs

Largo/ironruby#34: Adds support for recognizing existing ir shebangs, which this change retains while using ironruby for new binstubs.
Largo/ironruby#20: Adds executable-directory handling to ir.cmd; this change moves launcher behavior to ironruby.cmd and makes ir.cmd a forwarding alias.
Largo/ironruby#18: Adds RubyGems binstub lookup support to ir.sh; this change moves launcher and RUBYPATH behavior to ironruby.

Suggested reviewers: claude

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review db5b3

The release packaging checks can silently pass when the new launchers or the GUI executable are missing, so an incomplete archive could be published. The README's binary-release commands also do not work with the published 4.0.1 archives. Fix both before merging; the remaining findings are small documentation and build-hygiene corrections.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

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It rendered on every release tag and on every pull request that touched the packaging - about 7 minutes each, for a video that rarely changes. Now only a run by hand renders it: render_video keeps it as an artifact, and video_for renders it and puts it, with its SHA256SUMS line, on a release - which also adds it to one published without. A release publishes the archives alone, and a change to media/launch no longer starts the workflow.

With neither -e nor a script, ruby reads the program from stdin until EOF, at a terminal as well, and $0 is "-"; JRuby does the same. IronRuby started the DLR's interactive console at a terminal instead - not irb, with Microsoft's banner and an (ir) prompt - and left $0 nil when it read stdin. The options parser now gives "-" in that case, as if it had been typed, so RubyCommandLine's existing "-" path reads stdin and $0 is "-". irb is `irb` / `iirb`. irw, which has no console to read from, still shows its help; it does not build on master either (Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v4.0).

ironrubyw.exe is the same ir.dll behind an apphost marked as a Windows GUI program, so Windows gives it no console window - for Windows Forms and WPF programs. The build makes it with the SDK's own CreateAppHost, as for a WinExe project, and publish puts it beside ir.exe, so the Windows archive ships it. Without a script it reads nothing from stdin and exits, as rubyw does. Samples/Notepad/notepad.cmd starts it, and needs the "start /b" workaround only for a build from before it. Src/WinConsole (irw.exe, irw64.exe) is gone: it had not built since the move to .NET (Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v4.0), nothing built or shipped it, and ironrubyw is what it was for. Ruby.sln no longer lists it. CI checks that ironrubyw.exe has the GUI subsystem and runs, and the release check that the Windows archive has it.

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Review comments at @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 4-11: Update the media launch README to match the workflow: pull
requests trigger it only for packaging changes, manual runs can use render_video
to keep the rendered video as an artifact, and video_for renders only the video
for a tag and updates that release’s video and SHA256SUMS entry.
- Line 218: Update the release job condition to require both a push event and a
tag ref, so manual tag dispatches with video_for unset produce artifacts without
creating a GitHub release. Preserve the existing video_for behavior for manual
runs.

Review comments at @ironruby.cmd:
- Around line 29-30: Quote the expanded %IR_BIN% path in the missing-build error
message in the error branch so paths containing a closing parenthesis do not
disrupt parsing of the parenthesized block; preserve the existing message and
exit behavior.

Review comments at @README.md:
- Around line 99-100: Update the README shebang description to distinguish
RubyGems-generated binstubs from Bundler’s: RubyGems’ pre-install hook disables
env shebangs, so its binstubs use the absolute Gem.ruby path and may break if
the installation moves. Do not describe RubyGems binstubs as using an env-based
shebang.
- Line 506: Update the v4.0.1 release instructions to use the launchers included
in that release: `ir.sh` for Linux and `ir.cmd` for Windows. Alternatively, link
instructions to a release that includes the documented `ironruby` launchers.

Review comments at @Src/Console/Ruby.Console.csproj:
- Line 52: Add incremental Inputs and Outputs to the CreateIronRubyWAppHost
target so MSBuild skips apphost creation when its inputs are unchanged and the
output already exists; follow the SDK apphost target’s input/output pattern.

Review comments at @Util/package-release.sh:
- Line 115: Update the platform-specific executable checks in the release
validation block: run the `ironrubyw.exe` and `ironruby` file tests as
standalone commands rather than on the left side of `&&`, so `set -e` stops
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…nded A heredoc ends at a line that is its delimiter alone, and inside the if the YAML block left that line indented, so bash read to the end of the script and every smoke test failed with "unexpected end of file". The script now writes subsystem.rb before the if, as it does names.rb.

- Util/package-release.sh: one check per line. set -e does not stop at a failure on the left of && (nor at a case whose last list failed that way), so a Windows archive without ironrubyw.exe, or a tree whose launcher did not start, was archived anyway. - release.yml: only a pushed tag publishes a release; a run by hand on a tag keeps its archives as artifacts, as the header says. - Ruby.Console.csproj: CreateIronRubyWAppHost has the SDK's Inputs and Outputs, so a build no longer rewrites ironrubyw.exe - which fails while Notepad runs under it. - ironruby.cmd: the missing-build message quotes the path, which a ")" (as in "Program Files (x86)") would otherwise end the block at. - README, rbconfig.rb, ironruby: Bundler and Rails write `#!/usr/bin/env ironruby`; RubyGems' own binstubs name the launcher by its path. The 4.0.1 instructions use ir.sh / ir.cmd, which that archive has. - media/launch/README.md: the film is rendered only by hand now.

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