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diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
index 51d21121c8..1636e49065 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
@@ -142,6 +142,18 @@ module ActiveRecord
self
end
+ # Allows to specify a group attribute:
+ #
+ # User.group(:name)
+ # => SELECT "users".* FROM "users" GROUP BY name
+ #
+ # Returns an array with uniq records based on the `group` attribute:
+ #
+ # User.select([:id, :name])
+ # => [#<User id: 1, name: "Oscar">, #<User id: 2, name: "Oscar">, #<User id: 3, name: "Foo">
+ #
+ # User.group(:name)
+ # => [#<User id: 3, name: "Foo", ...>, #<User id: 2, name: "Oscar", ...>]
def group(*args)
args.blank? ? self : spawn.group!(*args)
end