laravel/laravel — pull request #1879 by jasonlewis (2013-04-14 03:22:42+00:00)
Title: Use the base.path when loading the illuminate application.

To me this makes more sense since (as far as I know), then `vendor` directory should (will?) always be in the base of the application. When shifting directories around for an application this will mean one less file that needs changing.