Allow railties to specify generators paths.

3 files changed, 44 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index 4d05f8115c..b92a7ff129 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Rails
     class << self
       attr_writer :config
       alias configure class_eval
-      delegate :initialize!, :load_tasks, :root, :to => :instance
+      delegate :initialize!, :load_tasks, :load_generators, :root, :to => :instance
 
       private :new
       def instance
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ module Rails
       end
     end
 
+    def load_generators
+      plugins.each { |p| p.load_generators }
+    end
+
     def initializers
       initializers = Bootstrap.new(self).initializers
       plugins.each { |p| initializers += p.initializers }
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
index 736c36c0dc..d3175e6a9d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ module Rails
 
     # Show help message with available generators.
     def self.help
-      traverse_load_paths!
+      lookup!
 
       namespaces = subclasses.map{ |k| k.namespace }
       namespaces.sort!
@@ -226,22 +226,10 @@ module Rails
         nil
       end
 
-      # This will try to load any generator in the load path to show in help.
-      def self.traverse_load_paths! #:nodoc:
-        $LOAD_PATH.each do |base|
-          Dir[File.join(base, "{generators,rails_generators}", "**", "*_generator.rb")].each do |path|
-            begin
-              require path
-            rescue Exception => e
-              # No problem
-            end
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
       # Receives namespaces in an array and tries to find matching generators
       # in the load path.
       def self.lookup(namespaces) #:nodoc:
+        load_generators_from_railties!
         paths = namespaces_to_paths(namespaces)
 
         paths.each do |path|
@@ -261,6 +249,28 @@ module Rails
         end
       end
 
+      # This will try to load any generator in the load path to show in help.
+      def self.lookup! #:nodoc:
+        load_generators_from_railties!
+
+        $LOAD_PATH.each do |base|
+          Dir[File.join(base, "{generators,rails_generators}", "**", "*_generator.rb")].each do |path|
+            begin
+              require path
+            rescue Exception => e
+              # No problem
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Allow generators to be loaded from custom paths.
+      def self.load_generators_from_railties! #:nodoc:
+        return if defined?(@generators_from_railties) || Rails.application.nil?
+        @generators_from_railties = true
+        Rails.application.load_generators
+      end
+
       # Convert namespaces to paths by replacing ":" for "/" and adding
       # an extra lookup. For example, "rails:model" should be searched
       # in both: "rails/model/model_generator" and "rails/model_generator".
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb b/railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb
index 43a0303c5b..e3297148e5 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb
@@ -35,13 +35,28 @@ module Rails
       @rake_tasks
     end
 
+    def self.generators(&blk)
+      @generators ||= []
+      @generators << blk if blk
+      @generators
+    end
+
     def rake_tasks
       self.class.rake_tasks
     end
 
+    def generators
+      self.class.generators
+    end
+
     def load_tasks
       return unless rake_tasks
       rake_tasks.each { |blk| blk.call }
     end
+
+    def load_generators
+      return unless generators
+      generators.each { |blk| blk.call }
+    end
   end
 end