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Updating users in Devise without fuck up your current user data

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    def update
  respond_to do |format|
    # information. Devise solution: https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/wiki/How-To:-Manage-users-through-a-CRUD-interface
    if params[:user][:password].blank?
      params[:user].delete(:password)
      params[:user].delete(:password_confirmation)
    end        
    if @user.update_attributes(user_params)  
      format.html { redirect_to dashboard_path, notice: 'The user role was updated' }
    else
      format.html { render :edit }
    end
  end
end


  