PaperTrail whodunnit set to name?

Question

how to set whodunnit to current_user name.

Currently i use of whodunnit id to find the name of particular MODEL

versions.each do |a|
 
  = MODEL.find(a.whodunnit).name

end

here's the problem what if the MODEL that we finding is DELETED. im getting a error

so my GOAL is to save the current_user name in whodunnit. is this possible?

Answer 1

you can do it like:

# app/controllers/application_controller.rb

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_action :set_paper_trail_whodunnit

  protected
  
  def user_for_paper_trail
    current_user&.name || "Public User"
  end
end

Happy Coding :-)