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Rename users.login to users.username and make it unique

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
database

Research direction

Start by locating the users table definition, the model or entry point that exposes login, and all references to users.login. Check the existing database migration and test conventions; done means the field is named username, existing references are updated, and the database enforces uniqueness.

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Description

easy enhancement lowprio

The old name is a bit weird, and it would benefit from an uniqueness check at the the database level.

Dominant language
Ruby
Stars
51
Forks
42
Avg merge
1h 27m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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