Making initial changes to add authorize after update

lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ module CanCan
     def load_and_authorize_resource
       load_resource
       authorize_resource
+      if update_actions.include?(@params[:action].to_sym)
+        update_resource
+        authorize_resource # Reauthorize the now-updated resource
+      end
     end
 
     def load_resource
@@ -86,6 +90,10 @@ module CanCan
       assign_attributes(resource)
     end
 
+    def update_resource
+      resource.assign_attributes(resource_params || {})
+    end
+
     def assign_attributes(resource)
       resource.send("#{parent_name}=", parent_resource) if @options[:singleton] && parent_resource
       initial_attributes.each do |attr_name, value|
@@ -252,6 +260,10 @@ module CanCan
       [:new, :create] + [@options[:new]].flatten
     end
 
+    def update_actions
+      [:update] #TODO: check what @options is for
+    end
+
     private
 
     def extract_key(value)