From b7b891f9c49aae5fd80fb0a97838a089b9b1e0c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Momchilov <alexander.momchilov@shopify.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 13:21:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Handle `initailize_(copy|dup|clone)`

---
 lib/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby.rb       |  6 +++++
 test/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby_test.rb | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby.rb b/lib/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby.rb
index 75050c2c..da08143d 100644
--- a/lib/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ def on_send(send)
             if last_arg.is_a?(Prism::SymbolNode) || last_arg.is_a?(Prism::StringNode)
               @index.reference_method(last_arg.unescaped, send.location)
             end
+          when "dup"
+            @index.reference_method("initialize_dup", send.location)
+            @index.reference_method("initialize_copy", send.location)
+          when "clone"
+            @index.reference_method("initialize_clone", send.location)
+            @index.reference_method("initialize_copy", send.location)
           when "method"
             arg = send.args.first
             @index.reference_method(arg.unescaped, send.location) if arg.is_a?(Prism::SymbolNode)
diff --git a/test/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby_test.rb b/test/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby_test.rb
index 80724146..97bbe823 100644
--- a/test/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby_test.rb
+++ b/test/spoom/deadcode/plugins/ruby_test.rb
@@ -163,6 +163,38 @@ def test_alive_constants_with_const_source_location
           assert_dead(index, "DEAD")
         end
 
+        def test_alive_initialize_copy_with_dup
+          @project.write!("foo.rb", <<~RB)
+            def initialize_copy(source); end # called by both `#dup` and `#clone`
+            def initialize_dup(source);  end # only called by `#dup`
+
+            def initialize_clone(source); end # dead
+
+            obj.dup
+          RB
+
+          index = index_with_plugins
+          assert_alive(index, "initialize_copy")
+          assert_alive(index, "initialize_dup")
+          assert_dead(index, "initialize_clone")
+        end
+
+        def test_alive_initialize_copy_with_clone
+          @project.write!("foo.rb", <<~RB)
+            def initialize_copy(source);  end # called by both `#dup` and `#clone`
+            def initialize_clone(source); end # only called by `#clone`
+
+            def initialize_dup(source); end # dead
+
+            obj.clone
+          RB
+
+          index = index_with_plugins
+          assert_alive(index, "initialize_copy")
+          assert_alive(index, "initialize_clone")
+          assert_dead(index, "initialize_dup")
+        end
+
         def test_alive_methods_with_method
           @project.write!("foo.rb", <<~RB)
             def alive1; end