Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "soft_delete-workbar", require: "soft_delete"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install soft_delete-workbar

Usage

Safely "delete" records from your database without losing them permanently.

  • Add SoftDelete to a model class MyModel include SoftDelete end
  • Add a deleted_at column to the model's database table rails g migration AddSoftDeleteToMyModels deleted_at:timestamp
  • Safely call MyModel#delete without losing the record forever

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/workbar-dev/soft_delete.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.