Merge 9939e55 into d6dd6a7

.gitmodules

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "tasks/release"]
 	path = tasks/release
-	url = git@github.com:aws/aws-sdk-ruby-release-tools.git
+	url = https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-ruby-release-tools.git

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Unreleased Changes
+------------------
+
+* Issue - Allow symbols for database_attribute_name
+
 2.4.0 (2019-07-16)
 ------------------
 

lib/aws-record/record/attribute.rb

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Attribute
       #   item is nil or not set at persistence time.
       def initialize(name, options = {})
         @name = name
-        @database_name = options[:database_attribute_name] || name.to_s
+        @database_name = (options[:database_attribute_name]  || name).to_s
         @dynamodb_type = options[:dynamodb_type]
         @marshaler = options[:marshaler] || DefaultMarshaler
         @persist_nil = options[:persist_nil]

spec/aws-record/record/attribute_spec.rb

@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ module Record
           expect(a.database_name).to eq("bar")
         end
 
+        it 'can accept a symbol as a custom DB name' do
+          a = Attribute.new(:foo, database_attribute_name: :bar)
+          expect(a.name).to eq(:foo)
+          expect(a.database_name).to eq("bar")
+        end
+
         it 'uses the attribute name by default for the DB name' do
           a = Attribute.new(:foo)
           expect(a.name).to eq(:foo)