Merge branch 'master' of git://github.com/rails/rails into old

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diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/state_machine.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/state_machine.rb
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+module ActiveRecord
+  module StateMachine #:nodoc:
+    extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+    include ActiveModel::StateMachine
+
+    included do
+      before_validation :set_initial_state
+      validates_presence_of :state
+    end
+
+    protected
+      def write_state(state_machine, state)
+        update_attributes! :state => state.to_s
+      end
+
+      def read_state(state_machine)
+        self.state.to_sym
+      end
+
+      def set_initial_state
+        self.state ||= self.class.state_machine.initial_state.to_s
+      end
+  end
+end