6 files changed, 51 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG.md b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a41f160fa..b328619646 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*   Add `bin/setup` script to bootstrap an application.
+
+    *Yves Senn*
+
 *   Replace double quotes with single quotes while adding an entry into Gemfile.
 
     *Alexander Belaev*
diff --git a/railties/README.rdoc b/railties/README.rdoc
index 6248b5feed..a25658668c 100644
--- a/railties/README.rdoc
+++ b/railties/README.rdoc
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ API documentation is at
 
 * http://api.rubyonrails.org
 
-Bug reports and feature requests can be filed with the rest for the Ruby on Rails project here:
+Bug reports can be filed for the Ruby on Rails project here:
 
 * https://github.com/rails/rails/issues
 
+Feature requests should be discussed on the rails-core mailing list here:
+
+* https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/rubyonrails-core
+
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
index 04ce38f841..2a0148fe9d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ module Rails
       end
     end
 
+    # Returns an array of generator namespaces that are hidden.
+    # Generator namespaces may be hidden for a variety of reasons.
+    # Some are aliased such as "rails:migration" and can be
+    # invoked with the shorter "migration", others are private to other generators
+    # such as "css:scaffold".
     def self.hidden_namespaces
       @hidden_namespaces ||= begin
         orm      = options[:rails][:orm]
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/setup b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/setup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e22b3fa5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/setup
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require 'pathname'
+
+# path to your application root.
+APP_ROOT = Pathname.new File.expand_path('../../',  __FILE__)
+
+Dir.chdir APP_ROOT do
+  # This script is a starting point to setup your application.
+  # Add necessary setup steps to this file:
+
+  puts "== Installing dependencies =="
+  system "gem install bundler --conservative"
+  system "bundle check || bundle install"
+
+  # puts "\n== Copying sample files =="
+  # unless File.exist?("config/database.yml")
+  #   system "cp config/database.yml.sample config/database.yml"
+  # end
+
+  puts "\n== Preparing database =="
+  system "bin/rake db:setup"
+
+  puts "\n== Removing old logs and tempfiles =="
+  system "rm -f log/*"
+  system "rm -rf tmp/cache"
+
+  puts "\n== Restarting application server =="
+  system "touch tmp/restart.txt"
+end
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 1cbbf62459..74cff08676 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DEFAULT_APP_FILES = %w(
   bin/bundle
   bin/rails
   bin/rake
+  bin/setup
   config/environments
   config/initializers
   config/locales
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/shared_generator_tests.rb b/railties/test/generators/shared_generator_tests.rb
index 8e198d5fe1..b998fef42e 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/shared_generator_tests.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/shared_generator_tests.rb
@@ -78,9 +78,12 @@ module SharedGeneratorTests
   end
 
   def test_template_raises_an_error_with_invalid_path
-    content = capture(:stderr){ run_generator([destination_root, "-m", "non/existent/path"]) }
-    assert_match(/The template \[.*\] could not be loaded/, content)
-    assert_match(/non\/existent\/path/, content)
+    quietly do
+      content = capture(:stderr){ run_generator([destination_root, "-m", "non/existent/path"]) }
+
+      assert_match(/The template \[.*\] could not be loaded/, content)
+      assert_match(/non\/existent\/path/, content)
+    end
   end
 
   def test_template_is_executed_when_supplied
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ module SharedGeneratorTests
     template.instance_eval "def read; self; end" # Make the string respond to read
 
     generator([destination_root], template: path).expects(:open).with(path, 'Accept' => 'application/x-thor-template').returns(template)
-    assert_match(/It works!/, capture(:stdout) { generator.invoke_all })
+    quietly { assert_match(/It works!/, capture(:stdout) { generator.invoke_all }) }
   end
 
   def test_template_is_executed_when_supplied_an_https_path
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ module SharedGeneratorTests
     template.instance_eval "def read; self; end" # Make the string respond to read
 
     generator([destination_root], template: path).expects(:open).with(path, 'Accept' => 'application/x-thor-template').returns(template)
-    assert_match(/It works!/, capture(:stdout) { generator.invoke_all })
+    quietly { assert_match(/It works!/, capture(:stdout) { generator.invoke_all }) }
   end
 
   def test_dev_option