This is public API, and `simple_form` depends on the `nil` return value.
We need to go through a deprecation cycle to return a null object. If
people want hash access, they can access the hash.

/cc @sgrif

If the through record gets created in an `after_create` hook that is
defined before the association is defined (therefore after its
`after_create` hook) get saved twice. This ensures that the through
records are created only once, regardless of the order of the hooks.

We've stopped using it internally, in favor of polymorphism. So should
you!

Fixes #15705.

member = Member.new(club: Club.new)
member.save!

Before:

member.current_membership.club_id # => nil

After:

member.current_membership.club_id # => club's id

We have several mutable types on Active Record now. (Serialized, JSON,
HStore). We need to be able to detect if these have been modified in
place.

Additionally:
* It changes `purge` task on `sqlite3` adapter to recreate database file, to
be consistent with other adapters.
* Adds `purge` step when loading from `schema.rb`

The column name given by the adapter doesn't include the table
namespace, so going through the hashed version of the result set causes
overridden keys.

Fixes #15649

The original patch that added this concept can be found
[here](https://web.archive.org/web/20090601022739/http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/9767).
The current default behavior is to cache everything except serialized
columns, unless the user specified otherwise. If anyone were to specify
otherwise, many types would actually be completely broken. Still, the
method is left in place with a deprecation warning in case anyone is
actually still calling this method.

This reverts commit dd3ea171 and add a
regression test.

Fixes #15418

This is a follow up to #15556

@kuldeepaggarwal did submit this patch way back (#13624).

[ci skip]

Before this patch, using `ActiveRecord::Base.primary_key_prefix_type`
with `:table_name_with_underscore` would change the `SchemaMigration` model
to have a primary key. This resulted in broken queries for PG because it tried
to return the inserted PK (which does not exist).

Closes #15051.
Closes #15419.

The migration numbers were normalized different ways. This left
the task output in an inconsistent state.

Closes #15538.

than existing column.

Fixes #15480.

This is an intermediate solution. It is related to the refactoring @sgrif
is making and will change in the future.

The solution presented in this patch is not efficient. We should replace it
in the near future. The following needs to be worked out:
  * Is `@attributes` storing the Ruby or SQL representation?
  * `cacheable_column?` is broken but `hstore` and `json` rely on that behavior

Refs #15369.

/cc @sgrif @rafaelfranca

Making this part of the public API was premature, let's make it private
again while I continue to work on the surrounding code.

After ad7b5efb, which changed how
has_an_belongs_to_many used to work, we start raising an error when
redefining the same has_an_belongs_to_many association. This commits fix
that regression.

[Fixes #14983]

As a result of all of the refactoring that's been done, it's now
possible for us to define a public API to allow users to specify
behavior. This is an initial implementation so that I can work off of it
in smaller pieces for additional features/refactorings.

The current behavior will continue to stay the same, though I'd like to
refactor towards the automatic schema detection being built off of this
API, and add the ability to opt out of automatic schema detection.

Use cases:

- We can deprecate a lot of the edge cases around types, now that there
  is an alternate path for users who wish to maintain the same behavior.
- I intend to refactor serialized columns to be built on top of this
  API.
- Gem and library maintainers are able to interact with `ActiveRecord`
  at a slightly lower level in a more stable way.
- Interesting ability to reverse the work flow of adding to the schema.
  Model can become the single source of truth for the structure. We can
  compare that to what the database says the schema is, diff them, and
  generate a migration.

Fix habtm reflection
Conflicts:
    activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
    activerecord/lib/active_record/counter_cache.rb
    activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
    activerecord/test/cases/reflection_test.rb