`rake assets:precompile` loads the application but does not initialize it.

To the app developer, this means configuration add in
config/initializers/* will not be executed.

Plugins developers need to special case their initializers that are
meant to be run in the assets group by adding :group => :assets.

Conflicts:

	railties/CHANGELOG
	railties/test/application/assets_test.rb

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index 528c96ef3e..90d7d27af1 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ module Rails
       require environment if environment
     end
 
-
     def reload_routes!
       routes_reloader.reload!
     end
@@ -92,9 +91,9 @@ module Rails
       @routes_reloader ||= RoutesReloader.new
     end
 
-    def initialize!
+    def initialize!(group=nil)
       raise "Application has been already initialized." if @initialized
-      run_initializers(self)
+      run_initializers(group, self)
       @initialized = true
       self
     end