Is there a way to disable the default_scope for a single belongs_to association? The default_scope is fine for all but a single belongs_to that I would like to bypass the scope. I'm familiar with with_exclusive_scope however I don't think that can be used with belongs_to.
Any suggestions?
Context: I'm trying to allow the branch_source association in acts_as_revisable to point to a revision that is not the latest (revisable_is_current is false).
Just had this problem myself, and here's what I came up with:
class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :document # Document has some kind of default scope
# that stops us from finding it
# Override getter method for document association
def document_with_unscoped
# Fetch document with default scope disabled
Document.unscoped { document_without_unscoped }
end
alias_method_chain :document, :unscoped
end
I removed this
belongs_to :document
and replaced it with
def document
Document.unscope(where: :deleted_at).find_by(id: document_id)
end
def document=(d)
self.document_id = d&.id
end