fixed all the specs so we are back to green

lib/couchrest/core/database.rb

@@ -142,8 +142,14 @@ module CouchRest
         bulk_save
       end
       result = if doc['_id']
-        slug = escape_docid(doc['_id'])        
-        CouchRest.put "#{@uri}/#{slug}", doc
+        slug = escape_docid(doc['_id'])
+        begin     
+          CouchRest.put "#{@uri}/#{slug}", doc
+        rescue RestClient::ResourceNotFound
+          p "resource not found when saving even tho an id was passed"
+          slug = doc['_id'] = @server.next_uuid
+          CouchRest.put "#{@uri}/#{slug}", doc
+        end
       else
         begin
           slug = doc['_id'] = @server.next_uuid

lib/couchrest/mixins/design_doc.rb

@@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ module CouchRest
         private
         
         def reset_design_doc
-          design_doc['_id'] = design_doc_id
-          design_doc.delete('_rev')
-          #design_doc.database = nil
+          current = self.database.get(design_doc_id) rescue nil
+          design_doc['_id']  = design_doc_id
+          if current.nil?
+            design_doc.delete('_rev')
+          else
+            design_doc['_rev'] = current['_rev']
+          end
           self.design_doc_fresh = true
         end
 

lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb

@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ module RestClient
 #         establish_connection(uri)
 #         http = Thread.current[:connection]
 #         require 'ruby-debug'
-#         debugger
 #         req.body_stream = nil
 #         
 #         res = http.request(req, payload)

lib/couchrest/more/casted_model.rb

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ module CouchRest
     
     def initialize(keys={})
       raise StandardError unless self.is_a? Hash
+      apply_defaults # defined in CouchRest::Mixins::Properties
       super()
       keys.each do |k,v|
         self[k.to_s] = v
       end if keys
-      apply_defaults # defined in CouchRest::Mixins::Properties
       cast_keys      # defined in CouchRest::Mixins::Properties
     end
     

lib/couchrest/validation/auto_validate.rb

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ module CouchRest
       # # This feature is still not fully ported over,
       # # test are lacking, so please use with caution
       # def auto_validate!
-      #   require 'ruby-debug'
-      #   debugger
       #   auto_validation = true
       # end