From 1bcd5e42ed6c2efed4d1a53e74b4f8d6631b119d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Rodriguez <lrodriguezsanc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 23:49:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update CollectionProxy#delete_all documentation

---
 .../associations/collection_proxy.rb          | 31 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
index 650d68a64a88d..f0c4688ee3f0c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ class CollectionProxy < Relation
       #
       # If no <tt>:dependent</tt> option is given, then it will follow the
       # default strategy. The default strategy is <tt>:nullify</tt>. This
-      # sets the foreign keys to <tt>NULL</tt>.
+      # sets the foreign keys to <tt>NULL</tt>. For, +has_many+ <tt>:through</tt>,
+      # the default strategy is +delete_all+.
       #
       #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
       #     has_many :pets # dependent: :nullify option by default
@@ -260,7 +261,8 @@ class CollectionProxy < Relation
       #   #    ]
       #
       # If it is set to <tt>:destroy</tt> all the objects from the collection
-      # are destroyed by calling their +destroy+ method.
+      # are removed by calling their +destroy+ method. See +destroy+ for more
+      # information.
       #
       #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
       #     has_many :pets, dependent: :destroy
@@ -283,6 +285,31 @@ class CollectionProxy < Relation
       #
       #   Pet.find(1, 2, 3)
       #   # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+      #
+      # If it is set to <tt>:delete_all</tt>, all the objects are deleted
+      # *without* calling their +destroy+ method.
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+      #     has_many :pets, dependent: :delete_all
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   person.pets.size # => 3
+      #   person.pets
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   person.pets.delete_all
+      #   # => [
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
+      #   #       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
+      #   #    ]
+      #
+      #   Pet.find(1, 2, 3)
+      #   # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
 
       ##
       # :method: destroy_all