From d61af54b96cb2dc0806e2247df05582e79b2636b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jinzhu <wosmvp@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:09:00 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add default model struct

---
 README.md | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 model.go  | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 model.go

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c4ea83a..4bcba989 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type User struct {
 	Num          int     `sql:"AUTO_INCREMENT"`
 	CreatedAt    time.Time
 	UpdatedAt    time.Time
-	DeletedAt    time.Time
+	DeletedAt    *time.Time
 
 	Emails            []Email         // One-To-Many relationship (has many)
 	BillingAddress    Address         // One-To-One relationship (has one)
@@ -84,6 +84,21 @@ type User struct{} // struct User's database table name is "users" by default, w
 * Use `CreatedAt` to store record's created time if field exists
 * Use `UpdatedAt` to store record's updated time if field exists
 * Use `DeletedAt` to store record's deleted time if field exists [Soft Delete](#soft-delete)
+* Gorm provide a default model struct, you could embed it in your struct
+
+```go
+type Model struct {
+	ID        uint `gorm:"primary_key"`
+	CreatedAt time.Time
+	UpdatedAt time.Time
+	DeletedAt *time.Time
+}
+
+type User struct {
+	gorm.Model
+	Name string
+}
+```
 
 ## Initialize Database
 
diff --git a/model.go b/model.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50fa52e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package gorm
+
+import "time"
+
+type Model struct {
+	ID        uint `gorm:"primary_key"`
+	CreatedAt time.Time
+	UpdatedAt time.Time
+	DeletedAt *time.Time
+}