Filthy

Rails gem to check if an attribute was changed on the last save. Useful in after_save callbacks.

Install

gem install filthy

Usage

class Movie < ActiveRecord::Base
  include Filthy

  filthy_attributes :title, :director

end

@movie = Movie.find(1)
@movie.title = "28 days later"
@movie.title_filthy?
=> false
@movie.save
=> true
@movie.title_filthy?
=> true
@movie.save
=> true
@movie.title_filthy?
=> false

Credits

Filthy is maintained by Mike Taylor and is funded by BookRenter.com. Many of the ideas that have inspired Filthy come from practical usage by the Bookrenter software development team and conversations with Bookrenter developers Andrew Wheeler, Michael Pearce, Philippe Huibonhoa, and Ben Somers.

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2012 Mike Taylor, Bookrenter.com.