X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/fd7ac9bf21002cc8a3cdb9a5e16c588ff734dfab..15c86f88f1f5124c082e77dedd0b97c5efc93388:/services/api/app/models/group.rb

diff --git a/services/api/app/models/group.rb b/services/api/app/models/group.rb
index d380244131..0e857ad15c 100644
--- a/services/api/app/models/group.rb
+++ b/services/api/app/models/group.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class Group < ArvadosModel
   include CanBeAnOwner
   after_create :invalidate_permissions_cache
   after_update :maybe_invalidate_permissions_cache
+  before_create :assign_name
 
   api_accessible :user, extend: :common do |t|
     t.add :name
@@ -28,4 +29,12 @@ class Group < ArvadosModel
     # immediately after being created.
     User.invalidate_permissions_cache
   end
+
+  def assign_name
+    if self.new_record? and (self.name.nil? or self.name.empty?)
+      self.name = self.uuid
+    end
+    true
+  end
+
 end