engine/config/initializers/mongoid.rb

require 'mongoid'

## various patches
module Mongoid #:nodoc:
  
  # Enabling scope in validates_uniqueness_of validation
  module Validations #:nodoc:
    class UniquenessValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
      def validate_each(document, attribute, value)
        conditions = { attribute => value, :_id.ne => document._id }
        
        if options.has_key?(:scope) && !options[:scope].nil?
          [*options[:scope]].each do |scoped_attr|
            conditions[scoped_attr] = document.attributes[scoped_attr]
          end
        end
      
        return if document.class.where(conditions).empty?
      
        document.errors.add(attribute, :taken, :default => options[:message], :value => value)
      end
    end
  end
  
  # FIX BUG #71 http://github.com/durran/mongoid/commit/47a97094b32448aa09965c854a24c78803c7f42e
  module Associations
    module InstanceMethods      
      def update_embedded(name)
        association = send(name)
        association.to_a.each { |doc| doc.save if doc.changed? || doc.new_record? } unless association.blank?
      end      
    end
  end
  
  # FIX BUG about accepts_nested_attributes_for  
  module Document
    module InstanceMethods
      def remove(child)
        name = child.association_name
        @attributes.remove(name, child.raw_attributes)
      end
    end
  end
end