adds --skip-listen to the application generator [closes #23590]

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 8f8c2ec9e1..9adfcc6ee7 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ module Rails
         class_option :skip_spring,        type: :boolean, default: false,
                                           desc: "Don't install Spring application preloader"
 
+        class_option :skip_listen,        type: :boolean, default: false,
+                                          desc: "Don't generate configuration that depends on the listen gem"
+
         class_option :skip_javascript,    type: :boolean, aliases: '-J', default: false,
                                           desc: 'Skip JavaScript files'
 
@@ -390,6 +393,10 @@ module Rails
         !options[:skip_spring] && !options.dev? && Process.respond_to?(:fork) && !RUBY_PLATFORM.include?("cygwin")
       end
 
+      def depend_on_listen?
+        !options[:skip_listen] && os_supports_listen_out_of_the_box?
+      end
+
       def os_supports_listen_out_of_the_box?
         RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /darwin|linux/
       end