Add the `--api` option for the plugin generator

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG.md b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
index 573b1f8f69..30449aa670 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+*   Add a `--api` option in order to generate plugins that can be added
+    inside an API application.
+
+    *Robin Dupret*
+
 *   Fix `NoMethodError` when generating a scaffold inside a full engine.
 
     *Yuji Yaginuma*
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb
index 66111004aa..84f67069c6 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ task default: :test
                                         desc: "If creating plugin in application's directory " +
                                                  "skip adding entry to Gemfile"
 
+      class_option :api,          type: :boolean, default: false,
+                                  desc: "Generate a smaller stack for API application plugins"
+
       def initialize(*args)
         @dummy_path = nil
         super
@@ -305,6 +308,10 @@ task default: :test
         options[:skip_test].blank? || options[:dummy_path] != 'test/dummy'
       end
 
+      def api?
+        options[:api]
+      end
+
       def self.banner
         "rails plugin new #{self.arguments.map(&:usage).join(' ')} [options]"
       end