updated AR#create! to accept an options hash so the mass-assignment security role can be passed in, also updated the Changelog to mention the change to some of the AR method signatures.

activerecord/CHANGELOG

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 * CSV Fixtures are deprecated and support will be removed in Rails 3.2.0
 
-* AR#new, AR#create and AR#update_attributes all accept a second hash as option that allows you
+* AR#new, AR#create, AR#create!, AR#update_attributes and AR#update_attributes! all accept a second hash as option that allows you
   to specify which role to consider when assigning attributes. This is built on top of ActiveModel's
   new mass assignment capabilities:
 
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     Post.new(params[:post], :as => :admin)
 
   assign_attributes() with similar API was also added and attributes=(params, guard) was deprecated.
-  
+
+  Please note that this changes the method signatures for AR#new, AR#create, AR#create!, AR#update_attributes and AR#update_attributes!. If you have overwritten these methods you should update them accordingly.
+
   [Josh Kalderimis]
 
 * default_scope can take a block, lambda, or any other object which responds to `call` for lazy
@@ -611,12 +613,12 @@ query.
 
 * Add Support for updating deeply nested models from a single form. #1202 [Eloy Duran]
 
-	class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
-	  has_one :author
-	  has_many :pages
+  class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
+    has_one :author
+    has_many :pages
 
-	  accepts_nested_attributes_for :author, :pages
-	end
+    accepts_nested_attributes_for :author, :pages
+  end
 
 * Make after_save callbacks fire only if the record was successfully saved.  #1735 [Michael Lovitt]
 
@@ -1036,7 +1038,7 @@ so newlines etc are escaped #10385 [Norbert Crombach]
   "foo.bar" => "`foo`.`bar`"
 
 * Complete the assimilation of Sexy Migrations from ErrFree [Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett]
-	http://errtheblog.com/post/2381
+  http://errtheblog.com/post/2381
 
 * Qualified column names work in hash conditions, like :conditions => { 'comments.created_at' => ... }.  #9733 [Jack Danger Canty]
 
@@ -1152,7 +1154,7 @@ single-table inheritance.  #3833, #9886 [Gabriel Gironda, rramdas, François Bea
 
 * Improve performance and functionality of the postgresql adapter.  Closes #8049 [roderickvd]
 
-	For more information see: http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8049
+  For more information see: http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8049
 
 * Don't clobber includes passed to has_many.count [Jack Danger Canty]
 
@@ -1662,8 +1664,8 @@ during calendar reform.  #7649, #7724 [fedot, Geoff Buesing]
 * Added support for conditions on Base.exists? #5689 [Josh Peek]. Examples:
 
     assert (Topic.exists?(:author_name => "David"))
- 	  assert (Topic.exists?(:author_name => "Mary", :approved => true))
- 	  assert (Topic.exists?(["parent_id = ?", 1]))
+     assert (Topic.exists?(:author_name => "Mary", :approved => true))
+     assert (Topic.exists?(["parent_id = ?", 1]))
 
 * Schema dumper quotes date :default values. [Dave Thomas]
 
@@ -2119,8 +2121,8 @@ during calendar reform.  #7649, #7724 [fedot, Geoff Buesing]
 * Added support for conditions on Base.exists? #5689 [Josh Peek]. Examples:
 
     assert (Topic.exists?(:author_name => "David"))
- 	  assert (Topic.exists?(:author_name => "Mary", :approved => true))
- 	  assert (Topic.exists?(["parent_id = ?", 1]))
+     assert (Topic.exists?(:author_name => "Mary", :approved => true))
+     assert (Topic.exists?(["parent_id = ?", 1]))
 
 * Schema dumper quotes date :default values. [Dave Thomas]
 

activerecord/lib/active_record/session_store.rb

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
   # You must implement these methods:
   #
   #   self.find_by_session_id(session_id)
-  #   initialize(hash_of_session_id_and_data)
+  #   initialize(hash_of_session_id_and_data, options_hash = {})
   #   attr_reader :session_id
   #   attr_accessor :data
   #   save
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
           end
       end
 
-      def initialize(attributes = nil)
+      def initialize(attributes = nil, options = {})
         @data = nil
         super
       end

activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb

@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
     module ClassMethods
       # Creates an object just like Base.create but calls <tt>save!</tt> instead of +save+
       # so an exception is raised if the record is invalid.
-      def create!(attributes = nil, &block)
+      def create!(attributes = nil, options = {}, &block)
         if attributes.is_a?(Array)
-          attributes.collect { |attr| create!(attr, &block) }
+          attributes.collect { |attr| create!(attr, options, &block) }
         else
-          object = new(attributes)
+          object = new(attributes, options)
           yield(object) if block_given?
           object.save!
           object

activerecord/test/cases/mass_assignment_security_test.rb

@@ -181,6 +181,18 @@ class MassAssignmentSecurityTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_admin_attributes(p, true)
   end
 
+  def test_create_with_bang_with_admin_role_with_attr_accessible_attributes
+    p = TightPerson.create!(attributes_hash, :as => :admin)
+
+    assert_admin_attributes(p, true)
+  end
+
+  def test_create_with_bang_with_admin_role_with_attr_protected_attributes
+    p = LoosePerson.create!(attributes_hash, :as => :admin)
+
+    assert_admin_attributes(p, true)
+  end
+
   def test_new_with_without_protection_with_attr_accessible_attributes
     p = TightPerson.new(attributes_hash, :without_protection => true)
 
@@ -205,6 +217,18 @@ class MassAssignmentSecurityTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_all_attributes(p)
   end
 
+  def test_create_with_bang_with_without_protection_with_attr_accessible_attributes
+    p = TightPerson.create!(attributes_hash, :without_protection => true)
+
+    assert_all_attributes(p)
+  end
+
+  def test_create_with_bang_with_without_protection_with_attr_protected_attributes
+    p = LoosePerson.create!(attributes_hash, :without_protection => true)
+
+    assert_all_attributes(p)
+  end
+
   def test_protection_against_class_attribute_writers
     [:logger, :configurations, :primary_key_prefix_type, :table_name_prefix, :table_name_suffix, :pluralize_table_names,
      :default_timezone, :schema_format, :lock_optimistically, :record_timestamps].each do |method|