Made user email case insensitive

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class ApplicationController < LinguaFrancaApplicationController
 
   def generate_confirmation(user, url, expiry = nil)
     if user.is_a? String
-      user = User.find_by_email(user)
+      user = User.find_user(user)
 
       # if the user doesn't exist, just show them a 403
       do_403 unless user.present?
@@ -338,15 +338,11 @@ class ApplicationController < LinguaFrancaApplicationController
       # see if we've already sent the confirmation email and are just confirming
       #  the email address
       if params[:token]
-        user = User.find_by_email(params[:email])
+        user = User.find_user(params[:email])
         confirm(user)
         return
       end
-      user = User.find_by_email(params[:email])
-
-      unless user.present?
-        user = User.create(:email => params[:email], locale: I18n.locale)
-      end
+      user = User.get(params[:email])
 
       # generate the confirmation, send the email and show the 403
       referrer = params[:dest] || (request.present? && request.referer.present? ? request.referer.gsub(/^.*?\/\/.*?\//, '/') : settings_path)

app/controllers/conference_administration_controller.rb

@@ -631,11 +631,11 @@ class ConferenceAdministrationController < ApplicationController
 
             companions = data['companions'] || []
             companions.each do | companion |
-              user = User.find_by_email(companion)
+              user = User.find_user(companion)
               if user.present?
                 reg = ConferenceRegistration.find_by(
-                    :user_id => user.id,
-                    :conference_id => @this_conference.id
+                    user_id: user.id,
+                    conference_id: @this_conference.id
                   )
                 if reg.present? && @guests[reg.id].present?
                   housing_data = reg.housing_data || {}
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ class ConferenceAdministrationController < ApplicationController
         if params[:button] == 'save'
           return do_404 unless params[:email].present? && params[:name].present?
 
-          user = User.find_by_email(params[:email]) || User.create(email: params[:email])
+          user = User.get(params[:email])
           user.firstname = params[:name]
           user.save!
           registration = ConferenceRegistration.new(

app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class ConferencesController < ApplicationController
           }
         when :questions
           # create the companion's user account and send a registration link unless they have already registered
-          generate_confirmation(User.create(email: params[:companion]), register_path(@this_conference.slug)) if params[:companion].present? && User.find_by_email(params[:companion]).nil?
+          generate_confirmation(User.create(email: params[:companion]), register_path(@this_conference.slug)) if params[:companion].present? && User.find_user(params[:companion]).nil?
           
           @registration.housing = params[:housing]
           @registration.arrival = params[:arrival]

app/controllers/oauths_controller.rb

@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@ class OauthsController < ApplicationController
     # otherwise find the user by email
     unless user.present?
       # only look if the email address is present
-      user = User.find_by_email(email) if email.present?
+      user = User.find_user(email) if email.present?
     end
 
     # create the user if the email is not recognized
     if user.nil?
       if email.present?
-        user = User.new(email: email, firstname: user_info['name'], fb_id: fb_id)
-        user.save!
+        user = User.create(email: email, firstname: user_info['name'], fb_id: fb_id, locale: I18n.locale)
       else
         session[:oauth_update_user_info] = user_info
         return redirect_to oauth_update_path
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ class OauthsController < ApplicationController
       return redirect_to oauth_update_path
     end
     
-    user = User.find_by_email(params[:email])
+    user = User.find_user(params[:email])
 
     if user.present?
       flash[:error] = :exists

app/controllers/workshops_controller.rb

@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ class WorkshopsController < ApplicationController
     set_conference
     set_conference_registration!
 
-    user = User.find_by_email(params[:email])
+    user = User.find_user(params[:email])
 
     # create the user if they don't exist and send them a link to register
     unless user
-      user = User.create(email: params[:email])
+      user = User.create(email: params[:email], locale: I18n.locale)
       generate_confirmation(user, register_path(@this_conference.slug))
     end