Sign mongoid documents to prevent duplicates. == Requirements * mongoid (>= 2.0.0.rc7) == Install To install mongoid_signature, simply add it to your Gemfile: gem 'mongoid_signature' In order to get the latest development version of mongoid_signature: gem 'mongoid_signature', :git => 'https://github.com/connectedbits/mongoid_signature.git' And then: bundle install == Usage Add the include Mongoid::Signature in the model: class User include Mongoid::Document include Mongoid::Signature field :name field :email references_many :posts references_many :comments sign_document :include => [:name] end class Post include Mongoid::Document include Mongoid::Timestamps include Mongoid::Signature field :title field :body field :published, :type => Boolean, :default => false referenced_in :users embeds_many :comments sign_document :include => [:user, :title, :body] end class Comment include Mongoid::Document include Mongoid::Timestamps include Mongoid::Signature field :body embedded_in :post referenced_in :user sign_document :include => [:user, :body] end === Signing This will add a signature field to your document and provide additional signature_string and sign! methods: >> @user = User.new(:name => 'Eric') => # >> @user.sign! => "535d6fcc4483b2d02167d2d4bc05fdff5e34f6538ac6fa897c63b11d8417e815" == Known issues See https://github.com//mongoid_signature/issues == Repository See https://github.com/connectedbits/mongoid_signature and feel free to fork it! == Contributors See a list of all contributors at https://github.com/connected/mongoid_signature/contributors. Thanks a lot everyone! == Copyright Copyright (c) 2011 Connected Bits, LLC. See LICENSE for details.