Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/MongoEngine/mongoengine into pmatos_patch-1

docs/guide/connecting.rst

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ provide the :attr:`host` and :attr:`port` arguments to
 
     connect('project1', host='192.168.1.35', port=12345)
 
-If the database requires authentication, :attr:`username` and :attr:`password`
-arguments should be provided::
+If the database requires authentication, :attr:`username`, :attr:`password`
+and :attr:`authentication_source` arguments should be provided::
 
-    connect('project1', username='webapp', password='pwd123')
+    connect('project1', username='webapp', password='pwd123', authentication_source='admin')
 
 URI style connections are also supported -- just supply the URI as
 the :attr:`host` to

docs/guide/defining-documents.rst

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ objects** as class attributes to the document class::
 
     class Page(Document):
         title = StringField(max_length=200, required=True)
-        date_modified = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
+        date_modified = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.utcnow)
 
 As BSON (the binary format for storing data in mongodb) is order dependent,
 documents are serialized based on their field order.
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ are as follows:
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.FloatField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericEmbeddedDocumentField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField`
+* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericLazyReferenceField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GeoPointField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ImageField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.IntField`
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ are as follows:
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.MapField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ObjectIdField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField`
+* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.LazyReferenceField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.SequenceField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.SortedListField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.StringField`
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ store; in this situation a :class:`~mongoengine.fields.DictField` is appropriate
         user = ReferenceField(User)
         answers = DictField()
 
-    survey_response = SurveyResponse(date=datetime.now(), user=request.user)
+    survey_response = SurveyResponse(date=datetime.utcnow(), user=request.user)
     response_form = ResponseForm(request.POST)
     survey_response.answers = response_form.cleaned_data()
     survey_response.save()
@@ -526,8 +528,9 @@ There are a few top level defaults for all indexes that can be set::
         meta = {
             'index_options': {},
             'index_background': True,
+            'index_cls': False,
+            'auto_create_index': True,
             'index_drop_dups': True,
-            'index_cls': False
         }
 
 
@@ -540,6 +543,12 @@ There are a few top level defaults for all indexes that can be set::
 :attr:`index_cls` (Optional)
     A way to turn off a specific index for _cls.
 
+:attr:`auto_create_index` (Optional)
+    When this is True (default), MongoEngine will ensure that the correct
+    indexes exist in MongoDB each time a command is run. This can be disabled
+    in systems where indexes are managed separately. Disabling this will improve
+    performance.
+
 :attr:`index_drop_dups` (Optional)
     Set the default value for if an index should drop duplicates
 
@@ -618,7 +627,7 @@ collection after a given period. See the official
 documentation for more information.  A common usecase might be session data::
 
     class Session(Document):
-        created = DateTimeField(default=datetime.now)
+        created = DateTimeField(default=datetime.utcnow)
         meta = {
             'indexes': [
                 {'fields': ['created'], 'expireAfterSeconds': 3600}

docs/guide/gridfs.rst

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ Deletion
 
 Deleting stored files is achieved with the :func:`delete` method::
 
-    marmot.photo.delete()
+    marmot.photo.delete()    # Deletes the GridFS document
+    marmot.save()            # Saves the GridFS reference (being None) contained in the marmot instance
 
 .. warning::
 
@@ -71,4 +72,5 @@ Files can be replaced with the :func:`replace` method. This works just like
 the :func:`put` method so even metadata can (and should) be replaced::
 
     another_marmot = open('another_marmot.png', 'rb')
-    marmot.photo.replace(another_marmot, content_type='image/png')
+    marmot.photo.replace(another_marmot, content_type='image/png')  # Replaces the GridFS document
+    marmot.save()                                                   # Replaces the GridFS reference contained in marmot instance

docs/guide/signals.rst

@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ Available signals include:
   has taken place but before saving.
 
 `post_save`
-  Called within :meth:`~mongoengine.Document.save` after all actions
-  (validation, insert/update, cascades, clearing dirty flags) have completed
-  successfully.  Passed the additional boolean keyword argument `created` to
-  indicate if the save was an insert or an update.
+  Called within :meth:`~mongoengine.Document.save` after most actions
+  (validation, insert/update, and cascades, but not clearing dirty flags) have 
+  completed successfully.  Passed the additional boolean keyword argument 
+  `created` to indicate if the save was an insert or an update.
 
 `pre_delete`
   Called within :meth:`~mongoengine.Document.delete` prior to
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ handlers within your subclass::
     signals.pre_save.connect(Author.pre_save, sender=Author)
     signals.post_save.connect(Author.post_save, sender=Author)
 
+.. warning::
+
+    Note that EmbeddedDocument only supports pre/post_init signals. pre/post_save, etc should be attached to Document's class only. Attaching pre_save to an EmbeddedDocument is ignored silently.
+
 Finally, you can also use this small decorator to quickly create a number of
 signals and attach them to your :class:`~mongoengine.Document` or
 :class:`~mongoengine.EmbeddedDocument` subclasses as class decorators::

docs/guide/text-indexes.rst

@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ Ordering by text score
 
 ::
 
-  objects = News.objects.search('mongo').order_by('$text_score')
+  objects = News.objects.search_text('mongo').order_by('$text_score')