boot.rb

# Don't change this file!
# Configure your app in config/environment.rb and config/environments/*.rb

RAILS_ROOT = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/.." unless defined?(RAILS_ROOT)

module Rails
  class << self
    def boot!
      unless booted?
        preinitialize
        pick_boot.run
      end
    end

    def booted?
      defined? Rails::Initializer
    end

    def pick_boot
      (vendor_rails? ? VendorBoot : GemBoot).new
    end

    def vendor_rails?
      File.exist?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails")
    end

    def preinitialize
      load(preinitializer_path) if File.exist?(preinitializer_path)
    end

    def preinitializer_path
      "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/preinitializer.rb"
    end
  end

  class Boot
    def run
      load_initializer
      Rails::Initializer.run(:set_load_path)
    end
  end

  class VendorBoot < Boot
    def load_initializer
      require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer"
      Rails::Initializer.run(:install_gem_spec_stubs)
      Rails::GemDependency.add_frozen_gem_path
    end
  end

  class GemBoot < Boot
    def load_initializer
      self.class.load_rubygems
      load_rails_gem
      require 'initializer'
    end

    def load_rails_gem
      if version = self.class.gem_version
        gem 'rails', version
      else
        gem 'rails'
      end
    rescue Gem::LoadError => load_error
      $stderr.puts %(Missing the Rails #{version} gem. Please `gem install -v=#{version} rails`, update your RAILS_GEM_VERSION setting in config/environment.rb for the Rails version you do have installed, or comment out RAILS_GEM_VERSION to use the latest version installed.)
      exit 1
    end

    class << self
      def rubygems_version
        Gem::RubyGemsVersion rescue nil
      end

      def gem_version
        if defined? RAILS_GEM_VERSION
          RAILS_GEM_VERSION
        elsif ENV.include?('RAILS_GEM_VERSION')
          ENV['RAILS_GEM_VERSION']
        else
          parse_gem_version(read_environment_rb)
        end
      end

      def load_rubygems
        min_version = '1.3.2'
        require 'rubygems'
        unless rubygems_version >= min_version
          $stderr.puts %Q(Rails requires RubyGems >= #{min_version} (you have #{rubygems_version}). Please `gem update --system` and try again.)
          exit 1
        end

      rescue LoadError
        $stderr.puts %Q(Rails requires RubyGems >= #{min_version}. Please install RubyGems and try again: http://rubygems.rubyforge.org)
        exit 1
      end

      def parse_gem_version(text)
        $1 if text =~ /^[^#]*RAILS_GEM_VERSION\s*=\s*["']([!~<>=]*\s*[\d.]+)["']/
      end

      private
        def read_environment_rb
          File.read("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environment.rb")
        end
    end
  end
end
  
class Rails::Boot
  def run
    load_initializer
    extend_environment
    Rails::Initializer.run(:set_load_path)
  end
 
  def extend_environment
    Rails::Initializer.class_eval do
      old_load = instance_method(:load_environment)
      define_method(:load_environment) do
        Bundler.require :default, Rails.env
        old_load.bind(self).call
      end
    end
  end
end

# All that for this:
Rails.boot!

environment.rb

# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file

# Specifies gem version of Rails to use when vendor/rails is not present
# RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '2.3.5' unless defined? RAILS_GEM_VERSION

# Bootstrap the Rails environment, frameworks, and default configuration
require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'boot')

Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
  config.time_zone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'
end

require 'lib/has_a_slug.rb'

Gemfile

source :gemcutter

gem 'rails', '~> 2.3.5', :require => nil
gem "rack", "1.0.0"
gem "authlogic"
gem "jrails"
gem "easy_roles"
gem "acts-as-taggable-on"
gem "rakismet"
gem "haml", "2.2.17"
gem "paperclip", "2.3.1"
gem "acts_as_tree"
gem "acts_as_audited"
gem "will_paginate"
gem "twitter"
gem "aws-s3"
gem "acts_as_list"
gem "websolr-rails"
gem "acts_as_solr"
gem "yaml_db", :git=>"git://github.com/ludicast/yaml_db.git"
gem "fastercsv"
gem "pg"

group :development do
  gem 'rails-footnotes'
end

group :test do
  gem "rspec", '1.2.8', :require => "spec"
  gem "rspec-rails", :require => nil
  gem "mocha"
  gem "factory_girl"
end

preinitializer.rb

begin
  # Require the preresolved locked set of gems.
  require File.expand_path('../../.bundle/environment', __FILE__)
rescue LoadError
  # Fallback on doing the resolve at runtime.
  require "rubygems"
  require "bundler"
  Bundler.setup
end