Added a Model.create shortcut for creating documents (with test).

lib/mongoose/index.js

@@ -326,3 +326,5 @@ exports.Promise = Promise;
  */
 
 exports.Error = require('./error');
+
+exports.mongo = require('../../support/node-mongodb-native/lib/mongodb');

lib/mongoose/model.js

@@ -506,6 +506,23 @@ Model.count = function (query, callback) {
   });
 };
 
+
+/**
+ * Shortcut for creating a new Document that is automatically saved
+ * to the db if valid.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} doc
+ * @param {Function} callback
+ * @api public
+ */
+Model.create = function (doc, fn) {
+  var document = new this(doc);
+  document.save(function (err) {
+    if (err) fn(err)
+    else fn(null, document);
+  });
+};
+
 /**
  * Updates documents.
  *

test/model.test.js

@@ -146,6 +146,32 @@ module.exports = {
     });
   },
 
+  'test a model structures when created': function () {
+    var db = start()
+      , BlogPost = db.model('BlogPost', collection);
+
+    BlogPost.create({ title: 'hi there'}, function (err, post) {
+      should.strictEqual(err, null);
+      post.get('_id').should.be.an.instanceof(DocumentObjectId);
+
+      should.strictEqual(post.get('title'), 'hi there');
+      should.strictEqual(post.get('slug'), null);
+      should.strictEqual(post.get('date'), null);
+
+      post.get('meta').should.be.a('object');
+      post.get('meta').should.eql({
+          date: null
+        , visitors: null
+      });
+
+      should.strictEqual(post.get('published'), null);
+
+      post.get('owners').should.be.an.instanceof(MongooseArray);
+      post.get('comments').should.be.an.instanceof(DocumentArray);
+      db.close();
+    });
+  },
+
   'test a model structure when initd': function(){
     var db = start()
       , BlogPost = db.model('BlogPost', collection);