Patch ActiveRecord::Relation#references and clean up

lib/freedom_patches/active_record_relation.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+unless Rails.version =~ /^4/
+  module ActiveRecord
+    class Relation
+      # Patch Rails 3 ActiveRecord::Relation to noop on Rails 4 references
+      # thereby getting code that works for rails 3 and 4 without
+      # deprecation warnings
+
+      def references(*args)
+        self
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/search.rb

@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ class Search
                            .order("topics_month DESC")
                            .secured(@guardian)
                            .limit(@limit)
-      if rails4?
-        categories = categories.references(:category_search_data)
-      end
+                           .references(:category_search_data)
 
       categories.each do |c|
         @results.add_result(SearchResult.from_category(c))
@@ -133,9 +131,7 @@ class Search
                   .order("CASE WHEN username_lower = '#{@original_term.downcase}' THEN 0 ELSE 1 END")
                   .order("last_posted_at DESC")
                   .limit(@limit)
-      if rails4?
-        users = users.references(:user_search_data)
-      end
+                  .references(:user_search_data)
 
       users.each do |u|
         @results.add_result(SearchResult.from_user(u))
@@ -148,10 +144,7 @@ class Search
                   .where("topics.deleted_at" => nil)
                   .where("topics.visible")
                   .where("topics.archetype <> ?", Archetype.private_message)
-
-      if rails4?
-        posts = posts.references(:post_search_data, {:topic => :category})
-      end
+                  .references(:post_search_data, {:topic => :category})
 
       # If we have a search context, prioritize those posts first
       if @search_context.present?

lib/topic_query.rb

@@ -212,23 +212,23 @@ class TopicQuery
       end
 
       result = result.listable_topics.includes(category: :topic_only_relative_url)
-      result = (rails4? ? result.where('categories.name is null or categories.name <> ?', options[:exclude_category]).references(:categories) : result.where('categories.name is null or categories.name <> ?', options[:exclude_category])) if options[:exclude_category]
-      result = (rails4? ? result.where('categories.name = ?', options[:only_category]).references(:categories) : result.where('categories.name = ?', options[:only_category])) if options[:only_category]
+      result = result.where('categories.name is null or categories.name <> ?', options[:exclude_category]).references(:categories) if options[:exclude_category]
+      result = result.where('categories.name = ?', options[:only_category]).references(:categories) if options[:only_category]
       result = result.limit(options[:per_page]) unless options[:limit] == false
       result = result.visible if options[:visible] || @user.nil? || @user.regular?
-      result = (rails4? ? result.where('topics.id <> ?', options[:except_topic_id]).references(:topics) : result.where('topics.id <> ?', options[:except_topic_id])) if options[:except_topic_id]
+      result = result.where('topics.id <> ?', options[:except_topic_id]).references(:topics) if options[:except_topic_id]
       result = result.offset(options[:page].to_i * options[:per_page]) if options[:page]
 
       if options[:topic_ids]
-        result = rails4? ? result.where('topics.id in (?)', options[:topic_ids]).references(:topics) : result.where('topics.id in (?)', options[:topic_ids])
+        result = result.where('topics.id in (?)', options[:topic_ids]).references(:topics)
       end
 
       unless @user && @user.moderator?
         category_ids = @user.secure_category_ids if @user
         if category_ids.present?
-          result = rails4? ? result.where('categories.read_restricted IS NULL OR categories.read_restricted = ? OR categories.id IN (?)', false, category_ids).references(:categories) : result.where('categories.read_restricted IS NULL OR categories.read_restricted = ? OR categories.id IN (?)', false, category_ids)
+          result = result.where('categories.read_restricted IS NULL OR categories.read_restricted = ? OR categories.id IN (?)', false, category_ids).references(:categories)
         else
-          result = rails4? ? result.where('categories.read_restricted IS NULL OR categories.read_restricted = ?', false).references(:categories) : result.where('categories.read_restricted IS NULL OR categories.read_restricted = ?', false)
+          result = result.where('categories.read_restricted IS NULL OR categories.read_restricted = ?', false).references(:categories)
         end
       end
 

lib/trashable.rb

@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ module Trashable
       #
       # with this in place Post.limit(10).with_deleted, will work as expected
       #
-      if rails4?
-        scope = self.all.with_default_scope
-      else
-        scope = self.scoped.with_default_scope
-      end
+      scope = rails4? ? self.all.with_default_scope : self.scoped.with_default_scope
+
       scope.where_values.delete(with_deleted_scope_sql)
       scope
     end