From fdc521952e6d68fa603aac899fe4c08e0a2ed480 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 11:01:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] emacs-lisp/package.el: Add package-initialize to
 user-init-file.

---
 lisp/ChangeLog             |  6 ++++++
 lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0870f0cad31..fb82b5b574a 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-04-05  Artur Malabarba  <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
+
+	* emacs-lisp/package.el: Add package-initialize to user-init-file.
+	(package--ensure-init-file): New function.
+	(package-install, package-install-from-buffer): Use it.
+
 2015-04-05  Pete Williamson  <petewil@chromium.org>  (tiny-change)
 
 	Fix .emacs and .emacs.d/init file recursion problem for NaCl
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index 83c5b2f6b10..18802701a0a 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -1723,6 +1723,30 @@ PACKAGES are satisfied, i.e. that PACKAGES is computed
 using `package-compute-transaction'."
   (mapc #'package-install-from-archive packages))
 
+(defun package--ensure-init-file ()
+  "Ensure that the user's init file calls `package-initialize'."
+  ;; Don't mess with the init-file from "emacs -Q".
+  (when user-init-file
+    (let ((buffer (find-buffer-visiting user-init-file)))
+      (with-current-buffer (or buffer (find-file-noselect user-init-file))
+        (save-excursion
+          (save-restriction
+            (widen)
+            (goto-char (point-min))
+            (unless (search-forward "(package-initialize)" nil 'noerror)
+              (goto-char (point-min))
+              (insert
+               ";; Added by Package.el.  This must come before configurations of\n"
+               ";; installed packages.  Don't delete this line.  If you don't want it,\n"
+               ";; just comment it out by adding a semicolon to the start of the line.\n"
+               "(package-initialize)\n")
+              (unless (looking-at-p "$")
+                (insert "\n"))
+              (let ((file-precious-flag t))
+                (save-buffer)))
+            (unless buffer
+              (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))))))))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun package-install (pkg &optional dont-select)
   "Install the package PKG.
@@ -1751,6 +1775,7 @@ to install it but still mark it as selected."
                                   package-archive-contents))
                     nil t))
            nil)))
+  (package--ensure-init-file)
   (let ((name (if (package-desc-p pkg)
                   (package-desc-name pkg)
                 pkg)))
@@ -1794,6 +1819,7 @@ is derived from the main .el file in the directory.
 
 Downloads and installs required packages as needed."
   (interactive)
+  (package--ensure-init-file)
   (let* ((pkg-desc
           (cond
             ((derived-mode-p 'dired-mode)
-- 
2.39.5