renaming skip_authorization to skip_authorization_check - closes #169

lib/cancan/controller_additions.rb

@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ module CanCan
       #
       # Any arguments are passed to the +after_filter+ it triggers.
       #
-      # See skip_authorization to bypass this check on specific controller actions.
+      # See skip_authorization_check to bypass this check on specific controller actions.
       def check_authorization(*args)
         self.after_filter(*args) do |controller|
           unless controller.instance_variable_defined?(:@_authorized)
-            raise AuthorizationNotPerformed, "This action failed the check_authorization because it does not authorize_resource. Add skip_authorization to bypass this check."
+            raise AuthorizationNotPerformed, "This action failed the check_authorization because it does not authorize_resource. Add skip_authorization_check to bypass this check."
           end
         end
       end
@@ -188,16 +188,20 @@ module CanCan
       # Call this in the class of a controller to skip the check_authorization behavior on the actions.
       #
       #   class HomeController < ApplicationController
-      #     skip_authorization :only => :index
+      #     skip_authorization_check :only => :index
       #   end
       #
       # Any arguments are passed to the +before_filter+ it triggers.
-      def skip_authorization(*args)
+      def skip_authorization_check(*args)
         self.before_filter(*args) do |controller|
           controller.instance_variable_set(:@_authorized, true)
         end
       end
 
+      def skip_authorization(*args)
+        raise ImplementationRemoved, "The CanCan skip_authorization method has been renamed to skip_authorization_check. Please update your code."
+      end
+
       def cancan_resource_class
         if ancestors.map(&:to_s).include? "InheritedResources::Actions"
           InheritedResource

spec/cancan/controller_additions_spec.rb

@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ describe CanCan::ControllerAdditions do
     @controller_class.load_resource :foo => :bar, :only => [:show, :index]
   end
 
-  it "skip_authorization should set up a before filter which sets @_authorized to true" do
+  it "skip_authorization_check should set up a before filter which sets @_authorized to true" do
     mock(@controller_class).before_filter(:filter_options) { |options, block| block.call(@controller) }
-    @controller_class.skip_authorization(:filter_options)
+    @controller_class.skip_authorization_check(:filter_options)
     @controller.instance_variable_get(:@_authorized).should be_true
   end