Added an alias for sequelize.authenticate: sequelize.validate()

lib/sequelize.js

@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ module.exports = (function() {
     }).run()
   }
 
+  Sequelize.prototype.validate = Sequelize.prototype.authenticate;
+
   Sequelize.fn = Sequelize.prototype.fn = function (fn) {
     return new Utils.fn(fn, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1))
   }

test/sequelize.test.js

@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ describe(Support.getTestDialectTeaser("Sequelize"), function () {
         })
       })
     })
+
+    describe('validate', function() {
+      it('is an alias for .authenticate()', function() {
+        expect(this.sequelize.validate).to.equal(this.sequelize.authenticate)
+      })
+    })
   }
 
   describe('getDialect', function() {