[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Rename unnecessary requires (PR #6461)

Pablo Brasero notifications at github.com
Tue Oct 21 16:58:23 UTC 2025


This PR removes a number of `require` calls that are unnecessary or discouraged.

In general, it's discouraged to call `require` from within `app/` as it can interfere with the autoloader.

These are the individual rationales for each `require`:
- `timeout`: already required by ActiveRecord, but added to the gemfile to be explicit.
- `rexml/document`: required by default by `rexml`, added to the gemfile to be explicit.
- `ostruct`: not being used any more.
- `uri`: loaded as a gem.
- `xml/libxml`: required automatically by `libxml-ruby`.
- `rtlcss`: loaded as a gem.
- `open3`: loaded as a gem.
- `digest`: already required by... Bundler I think, but added to the gemfile to be explicit
- `addressable/uri`: required by default by `addressable`

Note that some gems like `timeout` are "standard gems" which are present in Ruby by default but are also offered as separate gems (see https://stdgems.org/). The point here is that I think it's better to add them to the gemfile to be explicit, which also avoids these discouraged `require`s.

Additionally, there's no need to add `:require => "libxml"` to the gem `libxml-ruby` as that happens automatically too.
You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:

  https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6461

-- Commit Summary --

  * Remove unnecessary requires; use gems when possible
  * No need as that's the default behaviour

-- File Changes --

    M Gemfile (14)
    M Gemfile.lock (6)
    M app/controllers/application_controller.rb (2)
    M app/helpers/application_helper.rb (2)
    M app/helpers/open_graph_helper.rb (2)
    M app/helpers/reports_helper.rb (2)
    M app/helpers/share_buttons_helper.rb (2)
    M app/models/changeset.rb (2)
    M app/models/node.rb (2)
    M app/models/relation.rb (2)
    M app/models/trace.rb (2)
    M app/models/user.rb (1)
    M app/models/way.rb (2)
    M config/initializers/rtlcss.rb (2)
    M lib/nominatim.rb (2)

-- Patch Links --

https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6461.patch
https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6461.diff

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