nesting groups inside groups

[eyalrosen]

Hi,
Is it possible to nest groups inside groups?
Thanks

[dwbutler]

This is not currently possible out of the box. Supporting this would be very complex. What use case do you have in mind?

You can make a group a member of another group. But this does not affect group membership.

[eyalrosen]

I need to develop an app in hierarchical groups (School > Department > Class)

[dwbutler]

I would recommend using an excellent gem such as Closure Tree to store the hierarchy. And then add some business logic in your application that adds the user to the parent groups when they are added to a group. (And removes them from the parent groups when they are removed.)

[eyalrosen]

Thanks!

[dwbutler]

@eyalrosen I'm curious to know what your solution was. It's a common question and it would be great to document solutions in the readme.

[eyalrosen]

still checking it out, I'll keep you updated :)

[monroemann]

@eyalrosen Did you ever find a solution to your issue? I'm interested in the same functionality.