bulk_save has an option to have couch add the uuids

couchrest.gemspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{couchrest}
-  s.version = "0.12.4"
+  s.version = "0.12.5"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["J. Chris Anderson"]

lib/couchrest.rb

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require 'couchrest/monkeypatches'
 
 # = CouchDB, close to the metal
 module CouchRest
-  VERSION = '0.12.4'
+  VERSION = '0.12.5'
   
   autoload :Server,       'couchrest/core/server'
   autoload :Database,     'couchrest/core/database'

lib/couchrest/core/database.rb

@@ -149,16 +149,18 @@ module CouchRest
     # missing ids, supply one from the uuid cache.
     #
     # If called with no arguments, bulk saves the cache of documents to be bulk saved.
-    def bulk_save (docs = nil)
+    def bulk_save(docs = nil, use_uuids = true)
       if docs.nil?
         docs = @bulk_save_cache
         @bulk_save_cache = []
       end
-      ids, noids = docs.partition{|d|d['_id']}
-      uuid_count = [noids.length, @server.uuid_batch_count].max
-      noids.each do |doc|
-        nextid = @server.next_uuid(uuid_count) rescue nil
-        doc['_id'] = nextid if nextid
+      if (use_uuids) 
+        ids, noids = docs.partition{|d|d['_id']}
+        uuid_count = [noids.length, @server.uuid_batch_count].max
+        noids.each do |doc|
+          nextid = @server.next_uuid(uuid_count) rescue nil
+          doc['_id'] = nextid if nextid
+        end
       end
       CouchRest.post "#{@root}/_bulk_docs", {:docs => docs}
     end