Merge pull request #41465 from ashiksp/active_record_query_without

Added ActiveRecord::Relation#without as alias for #excluding.

activerecord/lib/active_record/querying.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       :and, :or, :annotate, :optimizer_hints, :extending,
       :having, :create_with, :distinct, :references, :none, :unscope, :merge, :except, :only,
       :count, :average, :minimum, :maximum, :sum, :calculate,
-      :pluck, :pick, :ids, :strict_loading, :excluding
+      :pluck, :pick, :ids, :strict_loading, :excluding, :without
     ].freeze # :nodoc:
     delegate(*QUERYING_METHODS, to: :all)
 

activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb

@@ -1140,6 +1140,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
       spawn.excluding!(records)
     end
 
+    # Alias for #excluding.
+    def without(*records)
+      excluding(*records)
+    end
+
     def excluding!(records) # :nodoc:
       # Treat single and multiple records differently in order to keep query
       # clean in case of single record, ie, use != operator instead of NOT IN ().

activerecord/test/cases/excluding_test.rb

@@ -68,4 +68,10 @@ class ExcludingTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     end
     assert_equal "You must only pass a single or collection of Post objects to #excluding.", exception.message
   end
+
+  def test_result_set_does_not_include_without_record
+    post = posts(:welcome)
+
+    assert_not_includes Post.without(post).to_a, post
+  end
 end