2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
index 4baa2110e7..f5c8ccf940 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module Rails
     end
 
     def gitignore
-      copy_file "gitignore", ".gitignore"
+      template "gitignore", ".gitignore"
     end
 
     def lib
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/gitignore b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/gitignore
index 1463de6dfb..92bd3c614b 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/gitignore
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .bundle/
 log/*.log
 pkg/
-test/dummy/db/*.sqlite3
-test/dummy/log/*.log
-test/dummy/tmp/
-\ No newline at end of file
+<%= dummy_path %>/db/*.sqlite3
+<%= dummy_path %>/log/*.log
+<%= dummy_path %>/tmp/
+\ No newline at end of file