fixture methods can be overridden and super() is useful

activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb

@@ -874,10 +874,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       def setup_fixture_accessors(fixture_names = nil)
         fixture_names = Array.wrap(fixture_names || fixture_table_names)
+        methods = Module.new do
           fixture_names.each do |fixture_name|
             fixture_name = fixture_name.to_s.tr('./', '_')
 
-          redefine_method(fixture_name) do |*fixtures|
+            define_method(fixture_name) do |*fixtures|
               force_reload = fixtures.pop if fixtures.last == true || fixtures.last == :reload
 
               @fixture_cache[fixture_name] ||= {}
@@ -897,6 +898,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
             private fixture_name
           end
         end
+        include methods
+      end
 
       def uses_transaction(*methods)
         @uses_transaction = [] unless defined?(@uses_transaction)

activerecord/test/cases/fixtures_test.rb

@@ -378,6 +378,21 @@ class ForeignKeyFixturesTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   end
 end
 
+class OverRideFixtureMethodTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+  fixtures :topics
+
+  def topics(name)
+    topic = super
+    topic.title = 'omg'
+    topic
+  end
+
+  def test_fixture_methods_can_be_overridden
+    x = topics :first
+    assert_equal 'omg', x.title
+  end
+end
+
 class CheckSetTableNameFixturesTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   set_fixture_class :funny_jokes => 'Joke'
   fixtures :funny_jokes