Application templates should work with HTTPS too

railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ module Rails
 
       def set_default_accessors!
         self.rails_template = case options[:template]
-          when /^http:\/\//
+          when /^https:\/\//
             options[:template]
           when String
             File.expand_path(options[:template], Dir.pwd)

railties/test/generators/shared_generator_tests.rb

@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ module SharedGeneratorTests
     assert_match /It works!/, silence(:stdout){ generator.invoke_all }
   end
 
+  def test_template_is_executed_when_supplied_an_https_path
+    path = "https://gist.github.com/103208.txt"
+    template = %{ say "It works!" }
+    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!/, silence(:stdout){ generator.invoke_all }
+  end
+
   def test_dev_option
     generator([destination_root], :dev => true).expects(:run).with("#{@bundle_command} install")
     silence(:stdout){ generator.invoke_all }