edit pass: the names of Rails components have a space, ie, "Active Record", not "ActiveRecord"

actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
   # 
   #   <%= image_tag attachments['photo.png'].url -%>
   # 
-  # As we are using ActionView's +image_tag+ method, you can pass in any other options you want:
+  # As we are using Action View's +image_tag+ method, you can pass in any other options you want:
   # 
   #   <h1>Please Don't Cringe</h1>
   # 
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ def deprecated_url_options
     end
 
     # This module will complain if the user tries to set default_url_options
-    # directly instead of through the config object. In ActionMailer's Railtie,
+    # directly instead of through the config object. In Action Mailer's Railtie,
     # we include the url_helpers of the router, which will override this module
     extend DeprecatedUrlOptions
 

actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module ActionController
 require 'action_view'
 require 'action_controller/vendor/html-scanner'
 
-# Common ActiveSupport usage in ActionController
+# Common Active Support usage in Action Controller
 require 'active_support/concern'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/load_error'

actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module ActionController
   # Adds instrumentation to several ends in ActionController::Base. It also provides
-  # some hooks related with process_action, this allows an ORM like ActiveRecord
+  # some hooks related with process_action, this allows an ORM like Active Record
   # and/or DataMapper to plug in ActionController and show related information.
   #
   # Check ActiveRecord::Railties::ControllerRuntime for an example.

actionpack/lib/action_view/context.rb

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ module CompiledTemplates #:nodoc:
     # holds compiled template code
   end
 
-  # ActionView contexts are supplied to ActionController
-  # to render template. The default ActionView context
+  # Action View contexts are supplied to Action Controller
+  # to render template. The default Action View context
   # is ActionView::Base.
   #
   # In order to work with ActionController, a Context
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module CompiledTemplates #:nodoc:
   #   options<Hash>:: See _render_template_with_layout in ActionView::Base
   #   partial<Boolean>:: Whether or not the template to render is a partial
   #
-  # An ActionView context can also mix in ActionView's
+  # An Action View context can also mix in Action View's
   # helpers. In order to mix in helpers, a context must
   # implement:
   #

actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/sanitize_helper.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 module ActionView
   module Helpers #:nodoc:
     # The SanitizeHelper module provides a set of methods for scrubbing text of undesired HTML elements.
-    # These helper methods extend ActionView making them callable within your template files.
+    # These helper methods extend Action View making them callable within your template files.
     module SanitizeHelper
       # This +sanitize+ helper will html encode all tags and strip all attributes that aren't specifically allowed.
       # It also strips href/src tags with invalid protocols, like javascript: especially.  It does its best to counter any

actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module ActionView
   module Helpers #:nodoc:
     # The TextHelper module provides a set of methods for filtering, formatting
     # and transforming strings, which can reduce the amount of inline Ruby code in
-    # your views. These helper methods extend ActionView making them callable
+    # your views. These helper methods extend Action View making them callable
     # within your template files.
     module TextHelper
       # The preferred method of outputting text in your views is to use the

actionpack/test/controller/helper_test.rb

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def test_all_helpers_with_alternate_helper_dir
   def test_helper_proxy
     methods = AllHelpersController.helpers.methods.map(&:to_s)
 
-    # ActionView
+    # Action View
     assert methods.include?('pluralize')
 
     # abc_helper.rb

actionpack/test/controller/render_test.rb

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def builder_layout_test
     render :action => "hello", :layout => "layouts/builder"
   end
 
-  # :move: test this in ActionView
+  # :move: test this in Action View
   def builder_partial_test
     render :action => "hello_world_container"
   end

activemodel/lib/active_model/lint.rb

 # == Active Model Lint Tests
 #
-# You can test whether an object is compliant with the ActiveModel API by
+# You can test whether an object is compliant with the Active Model API by
 # including <tt>ActiveModel::Lint::Tests</tt> in your TestCase. It will include
 # tests that tell you whether your object is fully compliant, or if not,
 # which aspects of the API are not implemented.

activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def human(options={})
   #   BookCover.model_name.human  #=> "Book cover"
   # 
   # Providing the functionality that ActiveModel::Naming provides in your object
-  # is required to pass the ActiveModel Lint test.  So either extending the provided
+  # is required to pass the Active Model Lint test.  So either extending the provided
   # method below, or rolling your own is required..
   module Naming
     # Returns an ActiveModel::Name object for module. It can be

activemodel/lib/active_model/validator.rb

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def validate(record)
   # in the options hash invoking the validate_each method passing in the
   # record, attribute and value.
   #
-  # All ActiveModel validations are built on top of this Validator.
+  # All Active Model validations are built on top of this Validator.
   class EachValidator < Validator
     attr_reader :attributes
     

activerecord/lib/active_record/association_preload.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
   module AssociationPreload #:nodoc:
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
-    # Implements the details of eager loading of ActiveRecord associations.
+    # Implements the details of eager loading of Active Record associations.
     # Application developers should not use this module directly.
     #
     # ActiveRecord::Base is extended with this module. The source code in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module AssociationPreload #:nodoc:
     # The first one is by using table joins. This was only strategy available
     # prior to Rails 2.1. Suppose that you have an Author model with columns
     # 'name' and 'age', and a Book model with columns 'name' and 'sales'. Using
-    # this strategy, ActiveRecord would try to retrieve all data for an author
+    # this strategy, Active Record would try to retrieve all data for an author
     # and all of its books via a single query:
     #
     #   SELECT * FROM authors
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module AssociationPreload #:nodoc:
     # 'books' table is useful; the joined 'authors' data is just redundant, and
     # processing this redundant data takes memory and CPU time. The problem
     # quickly becomes worse and worse as the level of eager loading increases
-    # (i.e. if ActiveRecord is to eager load the associations' associations as
+    # (i.e. if Active Record is to eager load the associations' associations as
     # well).
     #
     # The second strategy is to use multiple database queries, one for each
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module AssociationPreload #:nodoc:
     module ClassMethods
       protected
 
-      # Eager loads the named associations for the given ActiveRecord record(s).
+      # Eager loads the named associations for the given Active Record record(s).
       #
       # In this description, 'association name' shall refer to the name passed
       # to an association creation method. For example, a model that specifies
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ module ClassMethods
       #   { :author => :avatar }
       #   [ :books, { :author => :avatar } ]
       #
-      # +preload_options+ contains options that will be passed to ActiveRecord#find
+      # +preload_options+ contains options that will be passed to ActiveRecord::Base#find
       # (which is called under the hood for preloading records). But it is passed
       # only one level deep in the +associations+ argument, i.e. it's not passed
       # to the child associations when +associations+ is a Hash.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def set_association_single_records(id_to_record_map, reflection_name, associated
         end
       end
 
-      # Given a collection of ActiveRecord objects, constructs a Hash which maps
+      # Given a collection of Active Record objects, constructs a Hash which maps
       # the objects' IDs to the relevant objects. Returns a 2-tuple
       # <tt>(id_to_record_map, ids)</tt> where +id_to_record_map+ is the Hash,
       # and +ids+ is an Array of record IDs.

activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb

@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ def association_instance_set(name, association)
     #
     # The +traps+ association on +Dungeon+ and the the +dungeon+ association on +Trap+ are the inverse of each other and the
     # inverse of the +dungeon+ association on +EvilWizard+ is the +evil_wizard+ association on +Dungeon+ (and vice-versa).  By default,
-    # +ActiveRecord+ doesn't do know anything about these inverse relationships and so no object loading optimisation is possible.  For example:
+    # Active Record doesn't know anything about these inverse relationships and so no object loading optimisation is possible.  For example:
     #
     #    d = Dungeon.first
     #    t = d.traps.first
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ def association_instance_set(name, association)
     #
     # The +Dungeon+ instances +d+ and <tt>t.dungeon</tt> in the above example refer to the same object data from the database, but are
     # actually different in-memory copies of that data.  Specifying the <tt>:inverse_of</tt> option on associations lets you tell
-    # +ActiveRecord+ about inverse relationships and it will optimise object loading.  For example, if we changed our model definitions to:
+    # Active Record about inverse relationships and it will optimise object loading.  For example, if we changed our model definitions to:
     #
     #    class Dungeon < ActiveRecord::Base
     #      has_many :traps, :inverse_of => :dungeon

activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class ConnectionTimeoutError < ConnectionNotEstablished
   end
 
   module ConnectionAdapters
-    # Connection pool base class for managing ActiveRecord database
+    # Connection pool base class for managing Active Record database
     # connections.
     #
     # == Introduction
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ module ConnectionAdapters
     # Connections can be obtained and used from a connection pool in several
     # ways:
     #
-    # 1. Simply use ActiveRecord::Base.connection as with ActiveRecord 2.1 and
+    # 1. Simply use ActiveRecord::Base.connection as with Active Record 2.1 and
     #    earlier (pre-connection-pooling). Eventually, when you're done with
     #    the connection(s) and wish it to be returned to the pool, you call
     #    ActiveRecord::Base.clear_active_connections!. This will be the
-    #    default behavior for ActiveRecord when used in conjunction with
-    #    ActionPack's request handling cycle.
+    #    default behavior for Active Record when used in conjunction with
+    #    Action Pack's request handling cycle.
     # 2. Manually check out a connection from the pool with
     #    ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.checkout. You are responsible for
     #    returning this connection to the pool when finished by calling
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def checkout_and_verify(c)
     end
 
     # ConnectionHandler is a collection of ConnectionPool objects. It is used
-    # for keeping separate connection pools for ActiveRecord models that connect
+    # for keeping separate connection pools for Active Record models that connect
     # to different databases.
     #
     # For example, suppose that you have 5 models, with the following hierarchy:
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def checkout_and_verify(c)
     # is not the same as the one used by Book/ScaryBook/GoodBook.
     #
     # Normally there is only a single ConnectionHandler instance, accessible via
-    # ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handler. ActiveRecord models use this to
+    # ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handler. Active Record models use this to
     # determine that connection pool that they should use.
     class ConnectionHandler
       def initialize(pools = {})

activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def retrieve_connection
         connection_handler.retrieve_connection(self)
       end
 
-      # Returns true if +ActiveRecord+ is connected.
+      # Returns true if Active Record is connected.
       def connected?
         connection_handler.connected?(self)
       end

activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 module ActiveRecord
   module ConnectionAdapters # :nodoc:
-    # ActiveRecord supports multiple database systems. AbstractAdapter and
+    # Active Record supports multiple database systems. AbstractAdapter and
     # related classes form the abstraction layer which makes this possible.
     # An AbstractAdapter represents a connection to a database, and provides an
     # abstract interface for database-specific functionality such as establishing
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def supports_migrations?
       end
 
       # Can this adapter determine the primary key for tables not attached
-      # to an ActiveRecord class, such as join tables?  Backend specific, as
+      # to an Active Record class, such as join tables?  Backend specific, as
       # the abstract adapter always returns +false+.
       def supports_primary_key?
         false

activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def active?
         if @connection.respond_to?(:status)
           @connection.status == PGconn::CONNECTION_OK
         else
-          # We're asking the driver, not ActiveRecord, so use @connection.query instead of #query
+          # We're asking the driver, not Active Record, so use @connection.query instead of #query
           @connection.query 'SELECT 1'
           true
         end
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def supports_migrations?
         true
       end
 
-      # Does PostgreSQL support finding primary key on non-ActiveRecord tables?
+      # Does PostgreSQL support finding primary key on non-Active Record tables?
       def supports_primary_key? #:nodoc:
         true
       end
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ def configure_connection
           # Use standard-conforming strings if available so we don't have to do the E'...' dance.
           set_standard_conforming_strings
 
-          # If using ActiveRecord's time zone support configure the connection to return
+          # If using Active Record's time zone support configure the connection to return
           # TIMESTAMP WITH ZONE types in UTC.
           execute("SET time zone 'UTC'") if ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone == :utc
         end

activerecord/lib/active_record/locale/en.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ en:
     #created_at: "Created at"
     #updated_at: "Updated at"
 
-  # ActiveRecord models configuration
+  # Active Record models configuration
   activerecord:
     errors:
       messages:

activerecord/test/cases/defaults_test.rb

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def test_multiline_default_text
   class DefaultsTestWithoutTransactionalFixtures < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     # ActiveRecord::Base#create! (and #save and other related methods) will
     # open a new transaction. When in transactional fixtures mode, this will
-    # cause ActiveRecord to create a new savepoint. However, since MySQL doesn't
+    # cause Active Record to create a new savepoint. However, since MySQL doesn't
     # support DDL transactions, creating a table will result in any created
     # savepoints to be automatically released. This in turn causes the savepoint
     # release code in AbstractAdapter#transaction to fail.

activeresource/test/cases/base_test.rb

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def setup
                                            :children => [{:name => 'Natacha'}]},
                                           {:name => 'Milena',
                                            :children => []}]}]}.to_xml(:root => 'customer')
-    # - resource with yaml array of strings; for ActiveRecords using serialize :bar, Array
+    # - resource with yaml array of strings; for ARs using serialize :bar, Array
     @marty = <<-eof.strip
       <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
       <person>

activeresource/test/cases/finder_test.rb

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def setup
                                            :children => [{:name => 'Natacha'}]},
                                           {:name => 'Milena',
                                            :children => []}]}]}.to_xml(:root => 'customer')
-    # - resource with yaml array of strings; for ActiveRecords using serialize :bar, Array
+    # - resource with yaml array of strings; for ARs using serialize :bar, Array
     @marty = <<-eof.strip
       <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
       <person>

activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb

@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ def __update_callbacks(name, filters = [], block = nil) #:nodoc:
       # Use skip_callback to skip any defined one.
       #
       # When creating or skipping callbacks, you can specify conditions that
-      # are always the same for a given key. For instance, in ActionPack,
+      # are always the same for a given key. For instance, in Action Pack,
       # we convert :only and :except conditions into per-key conditions.
       #
       #   before_filter :authenticate, :except => "index"

activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/rexml.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module XmlMini_REXML #:nodoc:
     # Parse an XML Document string or IO into a simple hash
     #
     # Same as XmlSimple::xml_in but doesn't shoot itself in the foot,
-    # and uses the defaults from ActiveSupport
+    # and uses the defaults from Active Support.
     #
     # data::
     #   XML Document string or IO to parse

ci/site_config.rb

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # EMAIL NOTIFICATION
 # ------------------
 
-# CruiseControl.rb can notify you about build status via email. It uses ActionMailer component of Ruby on Rails 
-# framework. Obviously, ActionMailer needs to know how to send out email messages. 
+# CruiseControl.rb can notify you about build status via email. It uses the Action Mailer component of Ruby on Rails 
+# framework. Obviously, Action Mailer needs to know how to send out email messages. 
 # If you have an SMTP server on your network, and it needs no authentication, write this in your site_config.rb:
 # 
 ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {

railties/lib/rails.rb

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def logger=(logger)
 
     def backtrace_cleaner
       @@backtrace_cleaner ||= begin
-        # Relies on ActiveSupport, so we have to lazy load to postpone definition until AS has been loaded
+        # Relies on Active Support, so we have to lazy load to postpone definition until AS has been loaded
         require 'rails/backtrace_cleaner'
         Rails::BacktraceCleaner.new
       end

railties/lib/rails/log_subscriber.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Rails
   # on initialization with solely purpose of logging. The log subscriber dispatches
   # notifications to a regirested object based on its given namespace.
   #
-  # An example would be ActiveRecord log subscriber responsible for logging queries:
+  # An example would be Active Record log subscriber responsible for logging queries:
   #
   #   module ActiveRecord
   #     class Railtie

railties/lib/rails/log_subscriber/test_helper.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Rails
   class LogSubscriber
     # Provides some helpers to deal with testing log subscribers by setting up
-    # notifications. Take for instance ActiveRecord subscriber tests:
+    # notifications. Take for instance Active Record subscriber tests:
     #
     #   class SyncLogSubscriberTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     #     include Rails::LogSubscriber::TestHelper

railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Rails
   # Every major component of Rails (Action Mailer, Action Controller,
   # Action View, Active Record and Active Resource) are all Railties, so each of
   # them is responsible to set their own initialization. This makes, for example,
-  # Rails absent of any ActiveRecord hook, allowing any other ORM framework to hook in.
+  # Rails absent of any Active Record hook, allowing any other ORM framework to hook in.
   # 
   # Developing a Rails extension does _not_ require any implementation of
   # Railtie, but if you need to interact with the Rails framework during

railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def recent_tests(source_pattern, test_path, touched_since = 10.minutes.ago)
 end
 
 
-# Recreated here from ActiveSupport because :uncommitted needs it before Rails is available
+# Recreated here from Active Support because :uncommitted needs it before Rails is available
 module Kernel
   def silence_stderr
     old_stderr = STDERR.dup

railties/test/application/initializers/notifications_test.rb

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def wait
 
       ActiveRecord::Base.logger = logger = MockLogger.new
 
-      # Mimic ActiveRecord notifications
+      # Mimic Active Record notifications
       instrument "sql.active_record", :name => "SQL", :sql => "SHOW tables"
       wait