Ruby require_relative Backwards Compatibility

The following snippet can be used when using require_relative within ruby to ensure it is backwards compatible with older versions which do not contain require_relative:
# workaround to allow require_relative in ruby < 1.9.2 unless Kernel.respond_to?(:require_relative) module Kernel def require_relative(path) require File.join(File.dirname(caller[0]), path.to_str) end end end