Explicit soft deletion for ActiveRecord via deleted_at and default scope + callbacks.
Not overwriting destroy or delete. Install ======= gem install soft_deletion Or rails plugin install git://github.com/grosser/soft_deletion.git Usage ===== # mix into any model ... class User < ActiveRecord::Base include SoftDeletion has_many :products end # soft delete them including all dependencies that are marked as :destroy, :delete_all, :nullify user = User.first user.products.count == 10 user.soft_delete! user.deleted? # true # use special with_deleted scope to find them ... user.reload # ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound User.with_deleted do user.reload # there it is ... user.products.count == 0 end # soft undelete them all user.soft_undelete! user.products.count == 10 TODO ==== - Rails 3 from with inspiration from https://github.com/JackDanger/permanent_records/blob/master/lib/permanent_records.rb - maybe stuff from https://github.com/smoku/soft_delete Author ====== [ZenDesk](http://zendesk.com)
michael@grosser.it
License: MIT
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