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    <added>
      <filename>README</filename>
    </added>
  </added>
  <modified type="array">
    <modified>
      <diff>@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ class ActiveRecord::Base
       lambda { |attribute_value| { :conditions =&gt; { attribute =&gt; attribute_value } } }
   end
 
-  def self.named_scope_by attribute, desc = nil
-    named_scope &quot;by_#{attribute}&quot;, :order =&gt; &quot;#{attribute}#{ desc ? ' DESC' : '' }&quot;
-  end
+  named_scope :by, Proc.new { |attribute, desc|
+    raise ArgumentError, 'An attribute to order by must be specified' unless attribute
+    { :order =&gt; &quot;#{attribute}#{ desc &amp;&amp; :asc != desc ? ' DESC' : '' }&quot; }
+  }
 
 end</diff>
      <filename>init.rb</filename>
    </modified>
  </modified>
  <removed type="array"/>
  <parents type="array">
    <parent>
      <id>7f0f5c4144a427535617fa47b775aa7ee9494f35</id>
    </parent>
  </parents>
  <author>
    <name>Duncan Beevers</name>
    <email>duncanbeevers@gmail.com</email>
  </author>
  <url>http://github.com/duncanbeevers/named_scope_for/commit/b0333a3c458506b14b9935e858000c0822f6118d</url>
  <id>b0333a3c458506b14b9935e858000c0822f6118d</id>
  <committed-date>2008-05-09T01:32:43-07:00</committed-date>
  <authored-date>2008-05-09T01:32:43-07:00</authored-date>
  <message>Added README.

Removed named_scope_by in favor of always-defined `by` scope.</message>
  <tree>3e22b03d0ce54a5575afc09a52094823dbfd9566</tree>
  <committer>
    <name>Duncan Beevers</name>
    <email>duncanbeevers@gmail.com</email>
  </committer>
</commit>
