laravel/laravel — pull request #2077 by tomboruta (2013-06-06 13:05:07+00:00)
Title: Added "php artisan key:generate" to composer.json

I've been trying to think of a use-case where running the key generator would be detrimental, and I cannot think of one. Without this, I'm worried that tons of websites will be encrypted with 'YourSecretKey!!!'