From 92ae08207a7d588aef05eecf6826765ac6caf299 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Christie
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 21:44:18 +0000
Subject: Drop unused private save_m2m flag

---
 docs/topics/release-notes.md  | 2 ++
 rest_framework/serializers.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/topics/release-notes.md b/docs/topics/release-notes.md
index 0e206809..b0100179 100644
--- a/docs/topics/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/topics/release-notes.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Major version numbers (x.0.0) are reserved for project milestones.  No major poi
 * Added `PATCH` support.
 * Added `RetrieveUpdateAPIView`.
 * Relation changes are now persisted in `save` instead of in `.restore_object`.
+* Cleanup unused internal `save_m2m` flag on `ModelSerializer.save()`.
+* Relation changes are now persisted in `.save()` instead of in `.restore_object()`.
 * Bugfix: Fix issue with FileField validation with files=None.
 
 ### 2.1.14
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 24674f2a..bd54db4c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -530,13 +530,13 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
 
         return instance
 
-    def save(self, save_m2m=True):
+    def save(self):
         """
         Save the deserialized object and return it.
         """
         self.object.save()
 
-        if getattr(self, 'm2m_data', None) and save_m2m:
+        if getattr(self, 'm2m_data', None):
             for accessor_name, object_list in self.m2m_data.items():
                 setattr(self.object, accessor_name, object_list)
             self.m2m_data = {}
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