From 710e3710813e52ce71ee2cd5a754cf6462b2ecd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yves Senn <yves.senn@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 17:09:25 +0100
Subject: :counter_cache option for  to support custom named counter caches.
 Closes #7993

---
 activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb                      | 3 +++
 activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/has_many.rb     | 2 +-
 activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record')

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
index 69b95f814c..5dd833e5a6 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
@@ -1122,6 +1122,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
       #   If using with the <tt>:through</tt> option, the association on the join model must be
       #   a +belongs_to+, and the records which get deleted are the join records, rather than
       #   the associated records.
+      # [:counter_cache]
+      #   This option can be used to configure a custom named <tt>:counter_cache.</tt> You only need this option,
+      #   when you customized the name of your <tt>:counter_cache</tt> on the <tt>belongs_to</tt> association.
       # [:as]
       #   Specifies a polymorphic interface (See <tt>belongs_to</tt>).
       # [:through]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/has_many.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/has_many.rb
index ab8225460a..0d1bdd21ee 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/has_many.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/has_many.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module ActiveRecord::Associations::Builder
     end
 
     def valid_options
-      super + [:primary_key, :dependent, :as, :through, :source, :source_type, :inverse_of]
+      super + [:primary_key, :dependent, :as, :through, :source, :source_type, :inverse_of, :counter_cache]
     end
 
     def valid_dependent_options
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb
index 74864d271f..f59565ae77 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
 
         def cached_counter_attribute_name(reflection = reflection)
-          "#{reflection.name}_count"
+          options[:counter_cache] || "#{reflection.name}_count"
         end
 
         def update_counter(difference, reflection = reflection)
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