version 0.2: Use different syntax to make sure it only runs when needed. Make it backwards compatible.

Author: Largo

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.2.0] - 2023-01-19
+Changed the code to only add the monkeypatch if it is needed.
+Use alias_method because it is faster after all.
+
+Thanks Austin Ziegler
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2023-01-19
 
 - Initial release

file_exists.gemspec

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.summary = "File.exists? and Dir.exists? for Ruby 3.2+"
   spec.description = "File.exists? and Dir.exists? were deprecated in Ruby 3.2. If you still need these methods. just require this Gem"
   spec.homepage = "https://github.com/largo/file_exists"
-  spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 3.2.0"
+  spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.0.0"
 
 
   spec.metadata["homepage_uri"] = spec.homepage

lib/file_exists.rb

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require_relative "file_exists/version"
-module FileExists
-  # Deprecated exists? method monkeypatched with the file_exists gem
-  def exists?(path)
-      exist?(path)
+
+# Monkeypatch the File Class with the exists? method
+unless Dir.respond_to?(:exists?)
+  class << Dir
+    alias_method :exists?, :exist?
   end
 end
 
-# Monkeypatch the File Class with the exists? method
-File.singleton_class.prepend(FileExists)
-# Monkeypatch the File Class with the exists? method
-Dir.singleton_class.prepend(FileExists)
+# Monkeypatch the Dir Class with the exists? method
+unless File.respond_to?(:exists?)
+  class << File
+    alias_method :exists?, :exist?
+  end
+end

lib/file_exists/version.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module FileExists
-  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+  VERSION = "0.2.0"
 end