1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb
index f6f529b80a..584f776c01 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ task default: :test
         options[:mountable]
       end
 
+      def skip_git?
+        options[:skip_git]
+      end
+
       def with_dummy_app?
         options[:skip_test_unit].blank? || options[:dummy_path] != 'test/dummy'
       end
@@ -304,6 +308,24 @@ task default: :test
         @camelized ||= name.gsub(/\W/, '_').squeeze('_').camelize
       end
 
+      def author
+        default = "TODO: Write your name"
+        if skip_git?
+          @author = default
+        else
+          @author = `git config user.name`.chomp rescue default
+        end
+      end
+
+      def email
+        default = "TODO: Write your email address"
+        if skip_git?
+          @email = default
+        else
+          @email = `git config user.email`.chomp rescue default
+        end
+      end
+
       def valid_const?
         if original_name =~ /[^0-9a-zA-Z_]+/
           raise Error, "Invalid plugin name #{original_name}. Please give a name which use only alphabetic or numeric or \"_\" characters."