Add model option for not synchronizing timestamps

Paper trail automatically synchronizes the version
created_at timestamp to be the same as the updated_at
timestamp of the record being updated. This pull-requests
adds a configurable model-level option to disable this
behavior and instead have created_at be populated with
the timestamp when the version was inserted into the database.

The default remains to synchronize version timestamps

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ recommendations of [keepachangelog.com](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
 ### Added
 
-- None
+- [#1416](https://github.com/paper-trail-gem/paper_trail/pull/1416) - Adds a
+  model-configurable option `synchronize_version_creation_timestamp` which, if
+  set to false, opts out of synchronizing timestamps between `Version.created_at`
+  and the record's `updated_at`.
 
 ### Fixed
 

lib/paper_trail/has_paper_trail.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ module ClassMethods
       #   - A Hash - options passed to `has_many`, plus `name:` and `scope:`.
       # - :version - The name to use for the method which returns the version
       #   the instance was reified from. Default is `:version`.
+      # - :synchronize_version_creation_timestamp - By default, paper trail
+      #   sets the `created_at` field for a new Version equal to the `updated_at`
+      #   column of the model being updated. If you instead want `created_at` to
+      #   populate with the current timestamp, set this option to `false`.
       #
       # Plugins like the experimental `paper_trail-association_tracking` gem
       # may accept additional options.

lib/paper_trail/record_trail.rb

@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ def build_version_on_update(force:, in_after_callback:, is_touch:)
       # unnatural to tamper with creation timestamps in this way. But, this
       # feature has existed for a long time, almost a decade now, and some users
       # may rely on it now.
-      if @record.respond_to?(:updated_at)
+      if @record.respond_to?(:updated_at) &&
+          @record.paper_trail_options[:synchronize_version_creation_timestamp] != false
         data[:created_at] = @record.updated_at
       end