Add context.root to router so the root model can be easily accessed from a view

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/repoze/bfg/router.py b/repoze/bfg/router.py
index cd040c0c8..89101cb5e 100644
--- a/repoze/bfg/router.py
+++ b/repoze/bfg/router.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class Router(object):
         settings = queryUtility(ISettings)
         context, name, subpath = traverser(environ)
 
+        request.root = root
         request.context = context
         request.view_name = name
         request.subpath = subpath
diff --git a/repoze/bfg/traversal.py b/repoze/bfg/traversal.py
index 4c5bb930d..61b66c040 100644
--- a/repoze/bfg/traversal.py
+++ b/repoze/bfg/traversal.py
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ class ModelGraphTraverser(object):
 
 def find_root(model):
     """ Find the root node in the graph to which ``model``
-    belongs. Note that ``model`` should be :term:`location`-aware."""
+    belongs. Note that ``model`` should be :term:`location`-aware.
+    Note that the root node is available in the request object by 
+    accessing the ``request.root`` attribute.
+    """
     for location in lineage(model):
         if location.__parent__ is None:
             model = location