diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG b/railties/CHANGELOG
index 593b5ac29a..407b01010e 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-* Don't match commented out RAILS_GEM_VERSIONs. [Nicholas Seckar]
+*SVN*
+
+* Added rake rails:update:configs to update config/boot.rb from the latest (also included in rake rails:update) [DHH]
+
+* Fixed that boot.rb would set RAILS_GEM_VERSION twice, not respect an uncommented RAILS_GEM_VERSION line, and not use require_gem [DHH]
 
-* Avoid "Constant already defined" warnings for RAILS_GEM_VERSION. [Chad Fowler]
 
 *1.1.1* (April 6th, 2005)
 
diff --git a/railties/environments/boot.rb b/railties/environments/boot.rb
index e638abe1a2..9a094cbc6d 100644
--- a/railties/environments/boot.rb
+++ b/railties/environments/boot.rb
@@ -2,37 +2,43 @@
 
 unless defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
   root_path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..')
+
   unless RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin32/
     require 'pathname'
     root_path = Pathname.new(root_path).cleanpath(true).to_s
   end
+
   RAILS_ROOT = root_path
 end
 
-if File.directory?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails")
-  require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer"
-else
-  require 'rubygems'
-
-  if !defined?(RAILS_GEM_VERSION) && File.read(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/environment.rb') =~ /^\s*RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '([\d.]+)'/
-    RAILS_GEM_VERSION = $1
-  end
-
-  if defined?(RAILS_GEM_VERSION)
-    rails_gem = Gem.cache.search('rails', "=#{RAILS_GEM_VERSION}").first
-
-    if rails_gem
-      require rails_gem.full_gem_path + '/lib/initializer'
-    else
-      STDERR.puts %(Cannot find gem for Rails =#{RAILS_GEM_VERSION}:
-  Install the missing gem with 'gem install -v=#{RAILS_GEM_VERSION} rails', or
-  change environment.rb to define RAILS_GEM_VERSION with your desired version.
-)
-      exit 1
-    end
+unless defined?(Rails::Initializer)
+  if File.directory?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails")
+    require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer"
   else
-    require 'initializer'
-  end
-end
+    require 'rubygems'
 
-Rails::Initializer.run(:set_load_path)
\ No newline at end of file
+    environment_without_comments = IO.readlines(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/environment.rb').reject { |l| l =~ /^#/ }.join
+    environment_without_comments =~ /[^#]RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '([\d.]+)'/
+    rails_gem_version = $1
+
+    if version = defined?(RAILS_GEM_VERSION) ? RAILS_GEM_VERSION : rails_gem_version
+      rails_gem = Gem.cache.search('rails', "=#{version}").first
+
+      if rails_gem
+        require_gem "rails", "=#{version}"
+        require rails_gem.full_gem_path + '/lib/initializer'
+      else
+        STDERR.puts %(Cannot find gem for Rails =#{version}:
+    Install the missing gem with 'gem install -v=#{version} rails', or
+    change environment.rb to define RAILS_GEM_VERSION with your desired version.
+  )
+        exit 1
+      end
+    else
+      require_gem "rails"
+      require 'initializer'
+    end
+  end
+
+  Rails::Initializer.run(:set_load_path)
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/railties/lib/tasks/framework.rake b/railties/lib/tasks/framework.rake
index d12471949b..bc8093e855 100644
--- a/railties/lib/tasks/framework.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/tasks/framework.rake
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ namespace :rails do
     rm_rf "vendor/rails"
   end
 
-  desc "Update both scripts and public/javascripts from Rails"
-  task :update => [ "update:scripts", "update:javascripts" ]
+  desc "Update both configs, scripts and public/javascripts from Rails"
+  task :update => [ "update:scripts", "update:javascripts", "update:configs" ]
 
   namespace :update do
     desc "Add new scripts to the application script/ directory"
@@ -102,5 +102,13 @@ namespace :rails do
       scripts.reject!{|s| File.basename(s) == 'application.js'} if File.exists?(project_dir + 'application.js')
       FileUtils.cp(scripts, project_dir)
     end
+
+    desc "Update boot/config.rb from your current rails install"
+    task :configs do
+      require 'railties_path'  
+      project_dir = RAILS_ROOT + '/public/javascripts/'
+      scripts = Dir[RAILTIES_PATH + '/html/javascripts/*.js']
+      FileUtils.cp(RAILTIES_PATH + '/environments/boot.rb', RAILTIES_PATH + '/environments/boot.rb')
+    end
   end
 end