Overriding the created at date on version create

[straydogstudio]

Is there any way to override the created at date for a version? I am importing data from a legacy system and trying to recreate a change history in paper_trail.

Sorry if I missed this. I've searched and not found it.

I'll fork and give it a whirl if there is no way to do it.

[batter]

PaperTrail::Version instances inherit from ActiveRecord::Base so it is possible to override the created_at date, just like you can with any other model. Are you asking if you can do it while generating the versions or what?

[straydogstudio]

I'm sure I could do it manually, creating individual Versions. Perhaps that is best.

I was just wondering if, when saving a versioned class, if the Version can adopt the created_at value.

[straydogstudio]

I really meant using the update_at value of the versioned class for the Version created_at.

[batter]

As of now, versions get built using callbacks, after_create, before_update, etc. I am about to start working on a feature where the created_at value for the versions that get generated will be force overridden to use the exact timestamp that the updated_at value is for the base model, but it's not ready yet. See #354

If you want to take a crack at it, be my guest. You would need to switch the version generation for update events to be built using after_update callbacks in order to ensure the base model is persisted and that timestamp is available.

[straydogstudio]

I'll take a look.

[straydogstudio]

Submitted a pull request.

[straydogstudio]

See #375

[batter]

CHANGELOG actually updated via 071282f