diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
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index 9c665a7762e40fef72eb0367920180d4b93b9461..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// Place your application-specific JavaScript functions and classes here
-// FIXME: Tell people how Sprockets and Coffe works
-//
-//= require jquery
-//= require jquery_ujs
-//= require_tree .
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd90dad1c1c6c0e86ebaedfc2057784b378b3e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Place your application-specific JavaScript functions and classes here
+# FIXME: Tell people how Sprockets and CoffeeScript works
+#
+#= require jquery
+#= require jquery_ujs
+#= require_tree .