From af136e75ca77e0ec3c4dfb343102ba549e4918ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Mitchell <dmitchell@edx.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:07:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug 249 the ugly way (decerebrate the moronically
 impotent model)

---
 cms/static/coffee/src/views/unit.coffee | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/unit.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/unit.coffee
index 7f5fa4adce..3bf049d31b 100644
--- a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/unit.coffee
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/unit.coffee
@@ -109,7 +109,14 @@ class CMS.Views.UnitEdit extends Backbone.View
       id: $component.data('id')
     }, =>
       $component.remove()
-      @model.save(children: @components())
+      # b/c we don't vigilantly keep children up to date
+      # get rid of it before it hurts someone
+      # sorry for the js, i couldn't figure out the coffee equivalent
+      `_this.model.save({children: _this.components()},
+          {success: function(model) {
+              model.unset('children');
+          }}
+      );`
     )
 
   deleteDraft: (event) ->