8 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
index 5f93dbf18f..9bc019b152 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module Rails
         :orm => '-o',
         :resource_controller => '-c',
         :scaffold_controller => '-c',
+        :stylesheets => '-y',
         :template_engine => '-e',
         :test_framework => '-t'
       },
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ module Rails
         :resource_controller => :controller,
         :scaffold_controller => :scaffold_controller,
         :singleton => false,
+        :stylesheets => true,
         :test_framework => nil,
         :template_engine => :erb
       },
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index f7644c3280..192792d078 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ module Rails::Generators
     end
 
     def create_public_stylesheets_files
-      directory "public/stylesheets"
+      empty_directory_with_gitkeep "public/stylesheets"
     end
 
     def create_prototype_files
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/.empty_directory b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/.empty_directory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/.empty_directory
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/public/stylesheets/.empty_directory b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/public/stylesheets/.empty_directory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/public/stylesheets/.empty_directory
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb
index bd156f399c..779f933785 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module Rails
       remove_class_option :actions
 
       hook_for :scaffold_controller, :required => true
+      hook_for :stylesheets
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/stylesheets/USAGE b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/stylesheets/USAGE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59e5495d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/stylesheets/USAGE
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Description:
+    Copies scaffold stylesheets to public/stylesheets/.
+
+Examples:
+    `rails generate stylesheets`
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/stylesheets/stylesheets_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/stylesheets/stylesheets_generator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce68443c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/stylesheets/stylesheets_generator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module Rails
+  module Generators
+    class StylesheetsGenerator < Base
+      def copy_stylesheets_file
+        template "scaffold.css", "public/stylesheets/scaffold.css" if behavior == :invoke
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/public/stylesheets/application.css b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/stylesheets/templates/scaffold.css
index ea3dc9b8b5..ea3dc9b8b5 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/stylesheets/templates/scaffold.css