Initializer.run returns an application object

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index d762689794..d3057aaa11 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'action_controller'
-
 module Rails
   class Application
     def initialize
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/core.rb b/railties/lib/rails/core.rb
index 33695a27b9..4c2789746c 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/core.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/core.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ module Rails
       @@configuration = configuration
     end
 
+    def application
+      @@application
+    end
+
+    def application=(application)
+      @@application = application
+    end
+
     def initialized?
       @initialized || false
     end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb b/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb
index b91e07d5c4..7501d4e0e2 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/initializer.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require "pathname"
 
+require 'rails/application'
 require 'rails/railties_path'
 require 'rails/version'
 require 'rails/gem_dependency'
@@ -89,12 +90,15 @@ module Rails
 
       def run(initializer = nil)
         Rails.configuration = Base.config = @config
+        Rails.application = nil
 
         if initializer
           run_initializer(initializer)
         else
           @initializers.each {|block| run_initializer(block) }
         end
+
+        Rails.application
       end
     end
 
@@ -575,4 +579,8 @@ Run `rake gems:install` to install the missing gems.
       Rails::Generators.options.deep_merge! config.generators.options
     end
   end
+
+  Initializer.default.add :build_application do
+    Rails.application = Rails::Application.new
+  end
 end