Merge pull request #489 from zmack/default_role_to_master

Default role to master

Author: djanowski

README.md

@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ and one or more slaves (`mymaster` in the example).
 
 * It is possible to optionally provide a role. The allowed roles are `master`
 and `slave`. When the role is `slave`, the client will try to connect to a
-random slave of the specified master.
+random slave of the specified master. If a role is not specified, the client
+will connect to the master.
 
 * When using the Sentinel support you need to specify a list of sentinels to
 connect to. The list does not need to enumerate all your Sentinel instances,

lib/redis/client.rb

@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ def initialize(options)
           super(options)
 
           @sentinels = options.fetch(:sentinels).dup
-          @role = options[:role].to_s
+          @role = options.fetch(:role, "master").to_s
           @master = options[:host]
         end