Rails 3 - Devise : How to skip the 'current_password' when editing a registration?

Question

I\'ve implemented omniauth with my devise model, so I can authenticate using other services. Password is not necessary anymore for my model, as users can authenticate using twit

Answer 1

Even the answer has been here for a while I want to post a new one, as I think the selected answer has a little flaws. Maybe it didn't have at the moment the answer was created, but now in 2013, the answer would be like this:

The solution would be to create in User model like this:

  # bypass re-entering current password for edit
  def update_with_password(params={}) 
    current_password = params.delete(:current_password)

    if params[:password].blank? 
      params.delete(:password) 
      params.delete(:password_confirmation) if params[:password_confirmation].blank? 
    end 
    update_attributes(params) 

    clean_up_passwords
  end