1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb
index 3417e3af17..59f209cec8 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors'
+require 'active_support/deprecation'
 
 module ActiveRecord
   ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record_config) do
-    mattr_accessor :partial_updates, instance_accessor: false
-    self.partial_updates = true
+    mattr_accessor :partial_writes, instance_accessor: false
+    self.partial_writes = true
   end
 
   module AttributeMethods
@@ -17,7 +18,18 @@ module ActiveRecord
           raise "You cannot include Dirty after Timestamp"
         end
 
-        config_attribute :partial_updates
+        config_attribute :partial_writes
+
+        def self.partial_updates=(v); self.partial_writes = v; end
+        def self.partial_updates?; partial_writes?; end
+        def self.partial_updates; partial_writes; end
+
+        ActiveSupport::Deprecation.deprecate_methods(
+          singleton_class,
+          :partial_updates= => :partial_writes=,
+          :partial_updates? => :partial_writes?,
+          :partial_updates  => :partial_writes
+        )
       end
 
       # Attempts to +save+ the record and clears changed attributes if successful.
@@ -64,16 +76,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def update(*)
-        partial_updates? ? super(keys_for_partial_update) : super
+        partial_writes? ? super(keys_for_partial_write) : super
       end
 
       def create(*)
-        partial_updates? ? super(keys_for_partial_update) : super
+        partial_writes? ? super(keys_for_partial_write) : super
       end
 
       # Serialized attributes should always be written in case they've been
       # changed in place.
-      def keys_for_partial_update
+      def keys_for_partial_write
         changed | (attributes.keys & self.class.serialized_attributes.keys)
       end