296 Override default phase presence error for form

app/models/evaluation_form.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #
 class EvaluationForm < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :challenge
-  belongs_to :phase
+  belongs_to :phase, optional: true # Disables default must exist error message
   has_many :evaluation_criteria, lambda {
     order(:created_at)
   }, class_name: 'EvaluationCriterion', dependent: :destroy, inverse_of: :evaluation_form
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class EvaluationForm < ApplicationRecord
   validates :scale_type, presence: true
   validates :closing_date, presence: true
 
+  # Adds custom error message for phase presence failure instead of default from above
+  validates :phase, presence: { message: I18n.t("evaluation_form.phase.presence_error") }
   validates :phase_id, uniqueness: true
 
   validate :criteria_weights_must_sum_to_one_hundred

config/locales/en.yml

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ en:
   login_error: "There was an issue with logging in. Please try again."
   please_try_again: "Please try again."
   session_expired_alert: "Your session has expired. Please log in again."
+  evaluation_form: 
+    phase:
+      presence_error: "can't be blank"
   evaluation_criteria:
     duplicate_title_error: "must be unique within criteria"
     must_sum_to_100_error: "must sum to 100 with other criteria"