From c2c0b86c3a6ded6fb8ccbd85d2faa5e2221d5c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mccraig mccraig of the clan mccraig <mccraigmccraig@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:23:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] initialise attributes after a resource is created by an
 InheritedResources controller

---
 lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb b/lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb
index 81bca5b..301724a 100644
--- a/lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb
+++ b/lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ 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
+        initial_attributes.each do |attr_name, value|
+          resource.send("#{attr_name}=", value)
+        end
+        resource
+
       else
         @controller.send :resource
       end