@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ ALG automagically saves the history of a given text or string field. It sits over the top of an ActiveRecord model; after a value is committed to the database, the plugin writes the new value to a text file and commits it to a git repository. This way you get all the advantages of using Git as version-control. +Note: this plugin does not play nice with other plugins which override the getters and setters on your model. So if, for example, you're creating a permalink on the same column as the versioning, you're going to run into problems due to the inherent complexity in define_attribute_methods. + == Usage Declare which attributes are to be versioned: README @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ module ActsLikeGit self.git_settings ||= ModelInit.new(self, &block) git_settings.versioned_fields = [fields].flatten + + # Make sure we load all the methods, as well as any permalink-fu overriding of methods. + define_attribute_methods self.git_settings.versioned_fields.each do |column| git_read_method = "def #{column}; read_git_method('#{column}'); end" lib/acts_like_git/active_record_ext/base.rb d2a6eb61bd497000f71aa79f69482443f623f707 c3 courtenay@entp.com http://github.com/parfait/acts_like_git/commit/a50c072cb39b186413a0a8ccdc380f9dbbdd8d08 a50c072cb39b186413a0a8ccdc380f9dbbdd8d08 2008-12-21T18:23:08-08:00 2008-12-21T18:23:08-08:00 Make it play nice with permalink_fu -- as long as pfu is on a different field dd209208a66a1f49a3d2dba1aa2f9b3ed71f90f5 c3 courtenay@entp.com