require 'gems/version'

Because require hashes based on the string, not the expanded path of the
file, it's important that we require the version file the same way that
it will be required elsewhere to avoid constant warnings.

gems.gemspec

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
-require File.expand_path('../lib/gems/version', __FILE__)
+# coding: utf-8
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'gems/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 1.0'