active_record-updated_at

Touch updated_at by default with calls to update_all and update_column(s)

Add this gem to the project Gemfile.

gem "active_record-updated_at"

The default ActiveRecord behavior does not touch updated_at when the following are called:

• ActiveRecord::Base#update_column
• ActiveRecord::Base#update_columns
• ActiveRecord::Relation#update_all

We rarely ever have a case to modify data WITHOUT touching updated_at so this gem enables the touching behavior by default. For those rare occasions that we don't want the touching we can wrap these calls in a disable block explicitly:

ActiveRecord::UpdatedAt.disable { User.update_all(role: "member") }

If updated_at is explicitly specified then the UPDATE query is not modified.

# This touches `updated_at` with `Time.current`
User.update_all(role: "member")

# This sets `updated_at` to `1.day.ago`
User.update_all(role: "member", updated_at: 1.day.ago)

# This sets `updated_at` to `NULL`
User.update_all(role: "member", updated_at: nil)

# This doesn't touch `updated_at`
ActiveRecord::UpdatedAt.disable { User.update_all(role: "member") }

bundle exec rspec

• Fork the project.
• Make your feature addition or bug fix.
• Add tests for it. This is important so we don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
• Commit, do not mess with the version or history.
• Open a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

• Sean Huber

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