README.md
# QuickClone [](https://travis-ci.org/d3sw/quick_clone) [](https://coveralls.io/github/d3sw/quick_clone?branch=master) [](https://codeclimate.com/github/d3sw/quick_clone)
Quickly clone an ActiveRecord object by providing a filter of attributes names.
## Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
```ruby
gem 'quick_clone'
```
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install quick_clone
## Usage
Provide a simple way of cloning ActiveRecord Records
It will return an in memory object, you will need to save
the record yourself.
You supply two things to `clone_from` method
`Clonable.clone_from(original_object, filter)`
The above is a convenience method for:
`Clonable.new(original_object, filter).clone`
* Original object is just the object where you will copy properties from
* Filter is an array of properties you want to copy from the original_object
you can list the properties as symbols or strings.
If one of the items on that list is a hash, the key has to be the name
of the association, the value has to be a list of values that will be
copied from all the items of the association.
It handles different association types, belongs_to, has_many, and has_one
## Development
After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
## Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/d3dw/quick_clone.