Index: test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
===================================================================
--- test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb	(revision 8513)
+++ test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb	(working copy)
@@ -1437,6 +1437,32 @@
     assert_equal 59, File.size(attachment.diskfile)
   end
 
+  def test_post_create_with_login_name
+    @request.session[:user_id] = 2
+	user = User.find(4)
+
+    assert_difference 'Issue.count' do
+      post :create, :project_id => 1,
+                 :issue => {:tracker_id => 3,
+                            :status_id => 2,
+                            :subject => 'This is the test_new_with_login issue',
+                            :description => 'This is the description',
+							:assigned_to_name => user.login,
+                            :priority_id => 5,
+                            :start_date => '2010-11-07'
+							}
+    end
+    assert_redirected_to :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => Issue.last.id
+
+    issue = Issue.find_by_subject('This is the test_new_with_login issue')
+    assert_not_nil issue
+    assert_equal 2, issue.author_id
+    assert_equal 3, issue.tracker_id
+    assert_equal 2, issue.status_id
+	assert_equal 4, issue.assigned_to_id
+    assert_equal Date.parse('2010-11-07'), issue.start_date
+  end
+
   context "without workflow privilege" do
     setup do
       Workflow.delete_all(["role_id = ?", Role.anonymous.id])
@@ -1743,6 +1769,32 @@
     assert mail.subject.include?("(#{ IssueStatus.find(2).name })")
   end
 
+  def test_put_update_with_status_and_assignee_change_with_login_name
+    issue = Issue.find(1)
+    assert_equal 1, issue.status_id
+	user = User.find(4)
+    @request.session[:user_id] = 2
+    assert_difference('TimeEntry.count', 0) do
+      put :update,
+           :id => 1,
+           :issue => { :status_id => 2, :assigned_to_name => user.login },
+           :notes => 'Assigned to ' + user.login,
+           :time_entry => { :hours => '', :comments => '', :activity_id => TimeEntryActivity.first }
+    end
+    assert_redirected_to :action => 'show', :id => '1'
+    issue.reload
+    assert_equal 2, issue.status_id
+    j = Journal.find(:first, :order => 'id DESC')
+    assert_equal 'Assigned to ' + user.login, j.notes
+    assert_equal 2, j.details.size
+	assert_equal user.id, issue.assigned_to_id
+
+    mail = ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.last
+    assert mail.body.include?("Status changed from New to Assigned")
+    # subject should contain the new status
+    assert mail.subject.include?("(#{ IssueStatus.find(2).name })")
+  end
+
   def test_put_update_with_note_only
     notes = 'Note added by IssuesControllerTest#test_update_with_note_only'
     # anonymous user
Index: app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
===================================================================
--- app/controllers/issues_controller.rb	(revision 8513)
+++ app/controllers/issues_controller.rb	(working copy)
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@
     @edit_allowed = User.current.allowed_to?(:edit_issues, @project)
     @time_entry = TimeEntry.new(:issue => @issue, :project => @issue.project)
     @time_entry.attributes = params[:time_entry]
+	
+	name_from_id_for_create_update()
 
     @notes = params[:notes] || (params[:issue].present? ? params[:issue][:notes] : nil)
     @issue.init_journal(User.current, @notes)
@@ -328,6 +330,9 @@
       render_error l(:error_no_tracker_in_project)
       return false
     end
+
+	name_from_id_for_create_update()
+
     @issue.start_date ||= Date.today if Setting.default_issue_start_date_to_creation_date?
     @issue.safe_attributes = params[:issue]
 
@@ -348,4 +353,14 @@
     attributes[:custom_field_values].reject! {|k,v| v.blank?} if attributes[:custom_field_values]
     attributes
   end
+
+  def name_from_id_for_create_update
+    # do nothing if assigned_to_id is set
+	if params[:issue] && params[:issue][:assigned_to_id].nil? && params[:issue][:assigned_to_name]
+	  user = User.find_by_login(params[:issue][:assigned_to_name])
+	  unless user.nil?
+	    params[:issue][:assigned_to_id] = user.id
+	  end
+	end
+  end
 end