Drupal Features: Allow custom view templates to be placed within feature

gistfile1.php

<?php
/**
 * Implements hook_views_api_alter().
 * Alter the list of modules/themes which implement a views api.
 */
function MODULE_views_api_alter(&$list) {
  // Alter the path of the views implementation.
  if (isset($list['MODULE'])) {
    $path = drupal_get_path('module', 'MODULE');
    $list['MODULE']['path'] = $path;
    $list['MODULE']['template path'] = $path . '/assets/views';
  }
}