glitchier-soc/app/validators/unique_username_validator.rb

# frozen_string_literal: true

class UniqueUsernameValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
  def validate(account)
    return if account.username.nil?

    normalized_username = account.username.downcase.delete('.')

    scope = Account.where(domain: nil).where('lower(username) = ?', normalized_username)
    scope = scope.where.not(id: account.id) if account.persisted?

    account.errors.add(:username, :taken) if scope.exists?
  end
end