Change the ActiveModel::Base.include_root_in_json default to true for Rails 3 [DHH]

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/activemodel/CHANGELOG b/activemodel/CHANGELOG
index 26500568ee..7489c0daa5 100644
--- a/activemodel/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activemodel/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *Edge*
 
+* Change the ActiveModel::Base.include_root_in_json default to true for Rails 3 [DHH]
+
 * Add validates_format_of :without => /regexp/ option. #430 [Elliot Winkler, Peer Allan]
 
   Example :
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/json.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/json.rb
index ee6d48bfc6..794de7dc55 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/json.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/json.rb
@@ -10,19 +10,17 @@ module ActiveModel
       included do
         extend ActiveModel::Naming
 
-        cattr_accessor :include_root_in_json, :instance_writer => false
+        cattr_accessor :include_root_in_json, :instance_writer => true
       end
 
       # Returns a JSON string representing the model. Some configuration is
       # available through +options+.
       #
-      # The option <tt>ActiveRecord::Base.include_root_in_json</tt> controls the
-      # top-level behavior of to_json. In a new Rails application, it is set to 
-      # <tt>true</tt> in initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb. When it is <tt>true</tt>,
+      # The option <tt>ActiveModel::Base.include_root_in_json</tt> controls the
+      # top-level behavior of to_json. It is true by default. When it is <tt>true</tt>,
       # to_json will emit a single root node named after the object's type. For example:
       #
       #   konata = User.find(1)
-      #   ActiveRecord::Base.include_root_in_json = true
       #   konata.to_json
       #   # => { "user": {"id": 1, "name": "Konata Izumi", "age": 16,
       #                   "created_at": "2006/08/01", "awesome": true} }