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Docs: Remove unusual "chevron" prefix in code samples

Perhaps the intention of the prefix was to indicate logical lines
of code, but I don't think that's necessary.

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@ -237,21 +237,22 @@ This gives you a `versions` method which returns the paper trail of changes to
your model.
```ruby
>> widget = Widget.find 42
>> widget.versions # [<PaperTrail::Version>, <PaperTrail::Version>, ...]
widget = Widget.find 42
widget.versions
# [<PaperTrail::Version>, <PaperTrail::Version>, ...]
```
Once you have a version, you can find out what happened:
```ruby
>> v = widget.versions.last
>> v.event # 'update' (or 'create' or 'destroy')
>> v.whodunnit # '153' (if the update was via a controller and
# the controller has a current_user method,
# here returning the id of the current user)
>> v.created_at # when the update occurred
>> widget = v.reify # the widget as it was before the update;
# would be nil for a create event
v = widget.versions.last
v.event # 'update' (or 'create' or 'destroy')
v.whodunnit # '153' (if the update was via a controller and
# the controller has a current_user method,
# here returning the id of the current user)
v.created_at # when the update occurred
widget = v.reify # the widget as it was before the update;
# would be nil for a create event
```
PaperTrail stores the pre-change version of the model, unlike some other
@ -260,15 +261,15 @@ useful when you start keeping a paper trail for models that already have records
in the database.
```ruby
>> widget = Widget.find 153
>> widget.name # 'Doobly'
widget = Widget.find 153
widget.name # 'Doobly'
# Add has_paper_trail to Widget model.
>> widget.versions # []
>> widget.update_attributes :name => 'Wotsit'
>> widget.versions.last.reify.name # 'Doobly'
>> widget.versions.last.event # 'update'
widget.versions # []
widget.update_attributes :name => 'Wotsit'
widget.versions.last.reify.name # 'Doobly'
widget.versions.last.event # 'update'
```
This also means that PaperTrail does not waste space storing a version of the
@ -322,17 +323,17 @@ attempt to use to fill the `event` field before falling back on one of the
default events.
```ruby
>> a = Article.create
>> a.versions.size # 1
>> a.versions.last.event # 'create'
>> a.paper_trail_event = 'update title'
>> a.update_attributes :title => 'My Title'
>> a.versions.size # 2
>> a.versions.last.event # 'update title'
>> a.paper_trail_event = nil
>> a.update_attributes :title => "Alternate"
>> a.versions.size # 3
>> a.versions.last.event # 'update'
a = Article.create
a.versions.size # 1
a.versions.last.event # 'create'
a.paper_trail_event = 'update title'
a.update_attributes :title => 'My Title'
a.versions.size # 2
a.versions.last.event # 'update title'
a.paper_trail_event = nil
a.update_attributes :title => "Alternate"
a.versions.size # 3
a.versions.last.event # 'update'
```
## Choosing When To Save New Versions
@ -365,13 +366,13 @@ attributes will be ignored if some other change causes a new
`PaperTrail::Version` to be created. For example:
```ruby
>> a = Article.create
>> a.versions.length # 1
>> a.update_attributes :title => 'My Title', :rating => 3
>> a.versions.length # 1
>> a.update_attributes :title => 'Greeting', :content => 'Hello'
>> a.versions.length # 2
>> a.previous_version.title # 'My Title'
a = Article.create
a.versions.length # 1
a.update_attributes :title => 'My Title', :rating => 3
a.versions.length # 1
a.update_attributes :title => 'Greeting', :content => 'Hello'
a.versions.length # 2
a.previous_version.title # 'My Title'
```
Or, you can specify a list of all attributes you care about:
@ -385,13 +386,13 @@ end
This means that only changes to the `title` will save a version of the article:
```ruby
>> a = Article.create
>> a.versions.length # 1
>> a.update_attributes :title => 'My Title'
>> a.versions.length # 2
>> a.update_attributes :content => 'Hello'
>> a.versions.length # 2
>> a.previous_version.content # nil
a = Article.create
a.versions.length # 1
a.update_attributes :title => 'My Title'
a.versions.length # 2
a.update_attributes :content => 'Hello'
a.versions.length # 2
a.previous_version.content # nil
```
The `:ignore` and `:only` options can also accept `Hash` arguments, where the :
@ -406,18 +407,18 @@ This means that if the `title` is not blank, then only changes to the `title`
will save a version of the article:
```ruby
>> a = Article.create
>> a.versions.length # 1
>> a.update_attributes :content => 'Hello'
>> a.versions.length # 2
>> a.update_attributes :title => 'My Title'
>> a.versions.length # 3
>> a.update_attributes :content => 'Hai'
>> a.versions.length # 3
>> a.previous_version.content # "Hello"
>> a.update_attributes :title => 'Dif Title'
>> a.versions.length # 4
>> a.previous_version.content # "Hai"
a = Article.create
a.versions.length # 1
a.update_attributes :content => 'Hello'
a.versions.length # 2
a.update_attributes :title => 'My Title'
a.versions.length # 3
a.update_attributes :content => 'Hai'
a.versions.length # 3
a.previous_version.content # "Hello"
a.update_attributes :title => 'Dif Title'
a.versions.length # 4
a.previous_version.content # "Hai"
```
Passing both `:ignore` and `:only` options will result in the article being
@ -441,18 +442,18 @@ end
PaperTrail makes reverting to a previous version easy:
```ruby
>> widget = Widget.find 42
>> widget.update_attributes :name => 'Blah blah'
widget = Widget.find 42
widget.update_attributes :name => 'Blah blah'
# Time passes....
>> widget = widget.previous_version # the widget as it was before the update
>> widget.save # reverted
widget = widget.previous_version # the widget as it was before the update
widget.save # reverted
```
Alternatively you can find the version at a given time:
```ruby
>> widget = widget.version_at(1.day.ago) # the widget as it was one day ago
>> widget.save # reverted
widget = widget.version_at(1.day.ago) # the widget as it was one day ago
widget.save # reverted
```
Note `version_at` gives you the object, not a version, so you don't need to call
@ -461,11 +462,11 @@ Note `version_at` gives you the object, not a version, so you don't need to call
Undeleting is just as simple:
```ruby
>> widget = Widget.find 42
>> widget.destroy
widget = Widget.find 42
widget.destroy
# Time passes....
>> widget = PaperTrail::Version.find(153).reify # the widget as it was before destruction
>> widget.save # the widget lives!
widget = PaperTrail::Version.find(153).reify # the widget as it was before destruction
widget.save # the widget lives!
```
You could even use PaperTrail to implement an undo system, [Ryan Bates has!][3]
@ -479,54 +480,54 @@ You can call `previous_version` and `next_version` on an item to get it as it
was/became. Note that these methods reify the item for you.
```ruby
>> live_widget = Widget.find 42
>> live_widget.versions.length # 4 for example
>> widget = live_widget.previous_version # => widget == live_widget.versions.last.reify
>> widget = widget.previous_version # => widget == live_widget.versions[-2].reify
>> widget = widget.next_version # => widget == live_widget.versions.last.reify
>> widget.next_version # live_widget
live_widget = Widget.find 42
live_widget.versions.length # 4 for example
widget = live_widget.previous_version # => widget == live_widget.versions.last.reify
widget = widget.previous_version # => widget == live_widget.versions[-2].reify
widget = widget.next_version # => widget == live_widget.versions.last.reify
widget.next_version # live_widget
```
If instead you have a particular `version` of an item you can navigate to the
previous and next versions.
```ruby
>> widget = Widget.find 42
>> version = widget.versions[-2] # assuming widget has several versions
>> previous = version.previous
>> next = version.next
widget = Widget.find 42
version = widget.versions[-2] # assuming widget has several versions
previous = version.previous
next = version.next
```
You can find out which of an item's versions yours is:
```ruby
>> current_version_number = version.index # 0-based
current_version_number = version.index # 0-based
```
If you got an item by reifying one of its versions, you can navigate back to the
version it came from:
```ruby
>> latest_version = Widget.find(42).versions.last
>> widget = latest_version.reify
>> widget.version == latest_version # true
latest_version = Widget.find(42).versions.last
widget = latest_version.reify
widget.version == latest_version # true
```
You can find out whether a model instance is the current, live one -- or whether
it came instead from a previous version -- with `live?`:
```ruby
>> widget = Widget.find 42
>> widget.live? # true
>> widget = widget.previous_version
>> widget.live? # false
widget = Widget.find 42
widget.live? # true
widget = widget.previous_version
widget.live? # false
```
And you can perform `WHERE` queries for object versions based on attributes:
```ruby
>> # All versions that meet these criteria.
>> PaperTrail::Version.where_object(content: "Hello", title: "Article")
# All versions that meet these criteria.
PaperTrail::Version.where_object(content: "Hello", title: "Article")
```
## Finding Out Who Was Responsible For A Change
@ -550,9 +551,9 @@ end
In a console session you can manually set who is responsible like this:
```ruby
>> PaperTrail.whodunnit = 'Andy Stewart'
>> widget.update_attributes :name => 'Wibble'
>> widget.versions.last.whodunnit # Andy Stewart
PaperTrail.whodunnit = 'Andy Stewart'
widget.update_attributes :name => 'Wibble'
widget.versions.last.whodunnit # Andy Stewart
```
You can avoid having to do this manually by setting your initializer to pick up
@ -576,15 +577,15 @@ without overwriting value of `PaperTrail.whodunnit`. It is possible to define
the `whodunnit` value for an operation inside a block like this:
```ruby
>> PaperTrail.whodunnit = 'Andy Stewart'
>> widget.whodunnit('Lucas Souza') do
>> widget.update_attributes :name => 'Wibble'
>> end
>> widget.versions.last.whodunnit # Lucas Souza
>> widget.update_attributes :name => 'Clair'
>> widget.versions.last.whodunnit # Andy Stewart
>> widget.whodunnit('Ben Atkins') { |w| w.update_attributes :name => 'Beth' } # this syntax also works
>> widget.versions.last.whodunnit # Ben Atkins
PaperTrail.whodunnit = 'Andy Stewart'
widget.whodunnit('Lucas Souza') do
widget.update_attributes :name => 'Wibble'
end
widget.versions.last.whodunnit # Lucas Souza
widget.update_attributes :name => 'Clair'
widget.versions.last.whodunnit # Andy Stewart
widget.whodunnit('Ben Atkins') { |w| w.update_attributes :name => 'Beth' } # this syntax also works
widget.versions.last.whodunnit # Ben Atkins
```
A version's `whodunnit` records who changed the object causing the `version` to
@ -598,20 +599,20 @@ To find out who made a version's object look that way, use
like it does, call `paper_trail_originator` on the object.
```ruby
>> widget = Widget.find 153 # assume widget has 0 versions
>> PaperTrail.whodunnit = 'Alice'
>> widget.update_attributes :name => 'Yankee'
>> widget..paper_trail_originator # 'Alice'
>> PaperTrail.whodunnit = 'Bob'
>> widget.update_attributes :name => 'Zulu'
>> widget.paper_trail_originator # 'Bob'
>> first_version, last_version = widget.versions.first, widget.versions.last
>> first_version.whodunnit # 'Alice'
>> first_version.paper_trail_originator # nil
>> first_version.terminator # 'Alice'
>> last_version.whodunnit # 'Bob'
>> last_version.paper_trail_originator # 'Alice'
>> last_version.terminator # 'Bob'
widget = Widget.find 153 # assume widget has 0 versions
PaperTrail.whodunnit = 'Alice'
widget.update_attributes :name => 'Yankee'
widget..paper_trail_originator # 'Alice'
PaperTrail.whodunnit = 'Bob'
widget.update_attributes :name => 'Zulu'
widget.paper_trail_originator # 'Bob'
first_version, last_version = widget.versions.first, widget.versions.last
first_version.whodunnit # 'Alice'
first_version.paper_trail_originator # nil
first_version.terminator # 'Alice'
last_version.whodunnit # 'Bob'
last_version.paper_trail_originator # 'Alice'
last_version.terminator # 'Bob'
```
## Custom Version Classes
@ -716,15 +717,15 @@ class Treasure < ActiveRecord::Base
has_paper_trail
end
>> treasure.amount # 100
>> treasure.location.latitude # 12.345
treasure.amount # 100
treasure.location.latitude # 12.345
>> treasure.update_attributes :amount => 153
>> treasure.location.update_attributes :latitude => 54.321
treasure.update_attributes :amount => 153
treasure.location.update_attributes :latitude => 54.321
>> t = treasure.versions.last.reify(:has_one => true)
>> t.amount # 100
>> t.location.latitude # 12.345
t = treasure.versions.last.reify(:has_one => true)
t.amount # 100
t.location.latitude # 12.345
```
If the parent and child are updated in one go, PaperTrail can use the
@ -732,17 +733,17 @@ aforementioned `transaction_id` to reify the models as they were before the
transaction (instead of before the update to the model).
```ruby
>> treasure.amount # 100
>> treasure.location.latitude # 12.345
treasure.amount # 100
treasure.location.latitude # 12.345
>> Treasure.transaction do
>> treasure.location.update_attributes :latitude => 54.321
>> treasure.update_attributes :amount => 153
>> end
Treasure.transaction do
treasure.location.update_attributes :latitude => 54.321
treasure.update_attributes :amount => 153
end
>> t = treasure.versions.last.reify(:has_one => true)
>> t.amount # 100
>> t.location.latitude # 12.345, instead of 54.321
t = treasure.versions.last.reify(:has_one => true)
t.amount # 100
t.location.latitude # 12.345, instead of 54.321
```
By default, PaperTrail excludes an associated record from the reified parent
@ -764,17 +765,17 @@ class Wotsit < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :widget
end
>> widget = Widget.create(:name => 'widget_0')
>> widget.update_attributes(:name => 'widget_1')
>> widget.create_wotsit(:name => 'wotsit')
widget = Widget.create(:name => 'widget_0')
widget.update_attributes(:name => 'widget_1')
widget.create_wotsit(:name => 'wotsit')
>> widget_0 = widget.versions.last.reify(:has_one => true)
>> widget_0.wotsit # nil
widget_0 = widget.versions.last.reify(:has_one => true)
widget_0.wotsit # nil
>> widget_0 = widget.versions.last.reify(:has_one => true, :mark_for_destruction => true)
>> widget_0.wotsit.marked_for_destruction? # true
>> widget_0.save!
>> widget.reload.wotsit # nil
widget_0 = widget.versions.last.reify(:has_one => true, :mark_for_destruction => true)
widget_0.wotsit.marked_for_destruction? # true
widget_0.save!
widget.reload.wotsit # nil
```
**Caveats:**
@ -817,19 +818,19 @@ end
Then each of the following will store authorship versions:
```ruby
>> @book.authors << @dostoyevsky
>> @book.authors.create :name => 'Tolstoy'
>> @book.authorships.last.destroy
>> @book.authorships.clear
>> @book.author_ids = [@solzhenistyn.id, @dostoyevsky.id]
@book.authors << @dostoyevsky
@book.authors.create :name => 'Tolstoy'
@book.authorships.last.destroy
@book.authorships.clear
@book.author_ids = [@solzhenistyn.id, @dostoyevsky.id]
```
But none of these will:
```ruby
>> @book.authors.delete @tolstoy
>> @book.author_ids = []
>> @book.authors = []
@book.authors.delete @tolstoy
@book.author_ids = []
@book.authors = []
```
Having said that, you can apparently get all these working (I haven't tested it
@ -941,12 +942,12 @@ attributes PaperTrail is ignoring) in each `update` version. You can use the
`version.changeset` method to retrieve it. For example:
```ruby
>> widget = Widget.create :name => 'Bob'
>> widget.versions.last.changeset # {'name' => [nil, 'Bob']}
>> widget.update_attributes :name => 'Robert'
>> widget.versions.last.changeset # {'name' => ['Bob', 'Robert']}
>> widget.destroy
>> widget.versions.last.changeset # {}
widget = Widget.create :name => 'Bob'
widget.versions.last.changeset # {'name' => [nil, 'Bob']}
widget.update_attributes :name => 'Robert'
widget.versions.last.changeset # {'name' => ['Bob', 'Robert']}
widget.destroy
widget.versions.last.changeset # {}
```
Note PaperTrail only stores the changes for creation and updates; it doesn't
@ -996,7 +997,7 @@ class.
On a global level you can turn PaperTrail off like this:
```ruby
>> PaperTrail.enabled = false
PaperTrail.enabled = false
```
For example, you might want to disable PaperTrail in your Rails application's
@ -1060,13 +1061,13 @@ If you are about to change some widgets and you don't want a paper trail of your
changes, you can turn PaperTrail off like this:
```ruby
>> Widget.paper_trail_off!
Widget.paper_trail_off!
```
And on again like this:
```ruby
>> Widget.paper_trail_on!
Widget.paper_trail_on!
```
### Per method call
@ -1092,7 +1093,7 @@ By default, PaperTrail stores your changes as a `YAML` dump. You can override
this with the serializer config option:
```ruby
>> PaperTrail.serializer = MyCustomSerializer
PaperTrail.serializer = MyCustomSerializer
```
A valid serializer is a `module` (or `class`) that defines a `load` and `dump`
@ -1131,11 +1132,11 @@ version `5.0` or greater.
```ruby
# Enable support
>> PaperTrail.config.serialized_attributes = true
PaperTrail.config.serialized_attributes = true
# Disable support
>> PaperTrail.config.serialized_attributes = false
PaperTrail.config.serialized_attributes = false
# Get current setting
>> PaperTrail.serialized_attributes?
PaperTrail.serialized_attributes?
```
## Limiting the number of versions created per object instance
@ -1149,9 +1150,9 @@ other than `create` events (which will always be preserved if they are stored).
```ruby
# will make it so that a maximum of 4 versions will be stored for each object
# (the 3 most recent ones plus a `create` event)
>> PaperTrail.config.version_limit = 3
PaperTrail.config.version_limit = 3
# disables/removes the version limit
>> PaperTrail.config.version_limit = nil
PaperTrail.config.version_limit = nil
```
## Deleting Old Versions
@ -1165,7 +1166,7 @@ sql> delete from versions where created_at < 2010-06-01;
```
```ruby
>> PaperTrail::Version.delete_all ["created_at < ?", 1.week.ago]
PaperTrail::Version.delete_all ["created_at < ?", 1.week.ago]
```
## Testing