feat: replace rails dependency with specific components - #69
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Replace the monolithic `rails` gem dependency with only the specific Rails components actually used: actionpack, activerecord, activesupport, and railties. This reduces the transitive dependency footprint for consumers that don't need the full Rails framework.
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Summary
Replace the monolithic
railsgem dependency with only the specific Rails components actually used by the gem:actionpack,activerecord,activesupport, andrailties. This reduces the transitive dependency footprint for consumers that don't need the full Rails framework.The gem uses
ActionController::Base(actionpack),ActiveRecord::Base/ActiveRecord::Relation(activerecord),ActiveSupport::OrderedHash/ActiveSupport::Concern(activesupport), andRails::Engine/Rails::Generators::Base(railties). The tworequire 'rails'statements in lib/ are replaced with targeted requires (rails/railtieandrails/engine).Jira Issue: https://appfolio.atlassian.net/browse/BANK-2196
Test plan
bundle installsucceeds with the updated gemspecbundle exec appraisal installsucceeds for all 18 appraisal combinationsbundle exec appraisal rake testpasses across all 18 matrices (Rails 7.2/8.0/8.1 x Grape 1.6-2.2) with 224 tests, 524 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors per run