Sequel plugin for Paper Trail

This is a simple Sequel plugin for PaperTrail (with limited functionality).

Conributions are welcome!

Features

• model are able to subscribe on create, update, delete callback
• can be specified whodunnit
• can be specified info_for_paper_trail
• versioning can be disabled or enabled globaly or in block context

Limitations

• this gem doesn’t create a version table
• versions table has a structure as Paper Trail v0.6.x. has
• whodunnit is global
• info_for_paper_trail is global

Installation

Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:

gem 'sequel_paper_trail'

Documentation

Usage

Our usage model:

• separate service uses Sequel + this plugin
• web uses Paper Trail + Rails Admin.

Be sure that you have a proper tables from Paper Trail v0.6.x.

Than you can subscribe a model on create, update, destroy callbacks.

Quick start:

require 'sequel_paper_trail'
require 'sequel'
require 'sequel/plugins/has_paper_trail'
Album.pligin :has_paper_trail,
             class_name: 'VersionClassName'
# or
Album.pligin :has_paper_trail,
             item_class_name: SomeAlbum,
             class_name: 'VersionClassName'

Enable versioning globaly:

SequelPaperTrail.enabled = true

Enable versioning for block of code:

SequelPaperTrail.with_versioning { 'code' }

Disable versioning globaly:

SequelPaperTrail.enabled = false

Disable versioning for block of code

SequelPaperTrail.with_versioning(false) { 'code' }

Set whodunnit:

SequelPaperTrail.whodunnit = 'Mr. Smith'

Set info_for_paper_trail - additional info (Hash) which will be attached to versions table.

# If you have 'release' and 'instance' columns in a versions table you can populate them.
SequelPaperTrail.info_for_paper_trail = { release: 'asdf131234', instance: `hostname` }

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

This gem has a very limited functionality so conributions are welcome!

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/lazebny/sequel_paper_trail.

License

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