jhawthorn/discard

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Discard is a simple Ruby ActiveRecord mixin that adds soft-delete conventions by flagging records with a discarded_at timestamp instead of destroying them. It provides kept/discarded scopes and discard/undiscard methods as a lightweight alternative to gems like paranoia.

Use cases

• soft delete records in a Rails app
• restore deleted records with undiscard
• replace acts_as_paranoid with a simpler soft-delete mixin
• keep deleted posts out of default queries but still queryable
• implement trash/undo functionality in ActiveRecord models

When to choose

• you use ActiveRecord and want simple, minimal soft deletes
• you want discarded records to remain queryable without cascading deletes to associations
• you find paranoia too invasive or awkward for restoring records

When to avoid

• you need hard deletes with true row removal
• you're not using Rails/ActiveRecord
• you need versioned audit trails or full history tracking rather than a single discarded_at flag

Facets

library · maturity stable

orm database developer-tools web-development databases backend ruby jvm soft-deletes activerecord rails ruby-gem

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