EasyRedisLock

A simple redis locking gem to help with race conditions.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'easy_redis_lock', :git => 'git://github.com/Rigor/easy_redis_lock.git'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Usage

Easy:

EasyRedisLock::GateKeeper.new.with_lock("unique_lock_key") { # code to wrap in the redis lock }

@record = Record.find(99)
EasyRedisLock::GateKeeper.new.with_lock(@record.id) do
  status = @record.run_count > 5 ? "done" : "in progress"
  @record.update_attribute(:status, status)
end

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request