Merge pull request #653 from andhapp/fix-pull-request-640

Init attributes in InheritedResources controller w/ specs

lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb

@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ module CanCan
 
     def build_resource
       resource = resource_base.new(resource_params || {})
+      assign_attributes(resource)
+    end
+
+    def assign_attributes(resource)
       resource.send("#{parent_name}=", parent_resource) if @options[:singleton] && parent_resource
       initial_attributes.each do |attr_name, value|
         resource.send("#{attr_name}=", value)

lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ module CanCan
         @controller.send :association_chain
         @controller.instance_variable_get("@#{instance_name}")
       elsif new_actions.include? @params[:action].to_sym
-        @controller.send :build_resource
+        resource = @controller.send :build_resource
+        assign_attributes(resource)
       else
         @controller.send :resource
       end