From 374c0fa339d0d0d727729d8670cc2f612b33a9d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Pescosta <emmanuelpescosta099@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:28:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a dedicated "None" column kind for empty columns

---
 boil/columns.go | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/boil/columns.go b/boil/columns.go
index da59aae84..af3a2a563 100644
--- a/boil/columns.go
+++ b/boil/columns.go
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import (
 // to query for each kind on the column type itself, see IsInfer
 // as example.
 const (
-	columnsInfer int = iota
+	columnsNone int = iota
+	columnsInfer
 	columnsWhitelist
 	columnsGreylist
 	columnsBlacklist
@@ -26,6 +27,19 @@ type Columns struct {
 	Cols []string
 }
 
+// None creates an empty column list.
+func None() Columns {
+	return Columns{
+		Kind: columnsNone,
+	}
+}
+
+// IsNone checks to see if no columns should be inferred.
+// This method is here simply to not have to export the columns types.
+func (c Columns) IsNone() bool {
+	return c.Kind == columnsNone
+}
+
 // Infer is a placeholder that means there is no other list, simply
 // infer the final list of columns for insert/update etc.
 func Infer() Columns {
@@ -96,6 +110,10 @@ func (c Columns) IsGreylist() bool {
 // Note that a default column's zero value is based on the Go type and does
 // not take into account the default value in the database.
 //
+//  None:
+//   insert: empty
+//   return: empty
+//
 //  Infer:
 //   insert: columns-without-default + non-zero-default-columns
 //   return: columns-with-defaults - insert
@@ -113,6 +131,9 @@ func (c Columns) IsGreylist() bool {
 //    return: columns-with-defaults - insert
 func (c Columns) InsertColumnSet(cols, defaults, noDefaults, nonZeroDefaults []string) ([]string, []string) {
 	switch c.Kind {
+	case columnsNone:
+		return nil, nil
+
 	case columnsInfer:
 		insert := make([]string, len(noDefaults))
 		copy(insert, noDefaults)
@@ -152,12 +173,15 @@ func (c Columns) InsertColumnSet(cols, defaults, noDefaults, nonZeroDefaults []s
 // which isn't useful in an update since then you can't find the original
 // record you were trying to update.
 //
+//  None:      empty
 //  Infer:     all - pkey-columns
 //  whitelist: whitelist
 //  blacklist: all - pkeys - blacklist
 //  greylist:  all - pkeys + greylist
 func (c Columns) UpdateColumnSet(allColumns, pkeyCols []string) []string {
 	switch c.Kind {
+	case columnsNone:
+		return nil
 	case columnsInfer:
 		return strmangle.SetComplement(allColumns, pkeyCols)
 	case columnsWhitelist: