Undo¶ ↑

undo is a simple undo plugin for Rails 2. It makes use of dirty updates (feature of Rails 2.2 if I recall correctly).

What it does:

• keep track of changes done to an object (create, update, destroy)

• changes done to various objects inside a designated block in a controller are saved as a single UndoAction

• actions are user-specific

• max undo limit is 1 per user

What it doesn’t:

• redo

• keep track of relationships between models (except belongs_to associations)

What it will do aka TODO:

• add configuration

User model association and @logged_user¶ ↑

This plugin expects your rails app to have a User model and a @logged_user to be set before calling a snap block. If you do not want to use this association just set @logged_user = 0 before you call a snap block in your controllers.

Example¶ ↑

Run the necessary migrations:¶ ↑

create a new migration

ruby script/generate migration add_simple_undo_tables

copy the contents of vendor/plugins/simple-undo/db/migrate/add_simple_undo.rb to the generated migration

Inside a model:¶ ↑

class SomeModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_undoable
end

Inside a controller:¶ ↑

class SomeController < ApplicationController
  undo_methods

  def update
    snap do
      # make some updates
    end
  end

  # undoing the last action of user @logged_user
  def undo
    UndoAction.by_user(@logged_user).last.undo
  end

  # undoing the last change of a specific item
  def undo_specific_change
    @item.undo_snapshots.last.undo_action.undo
  end
end

Copyright © 2009 Kostas Karachalios, released under the WTFPL license