Merge branch 'master' into 2.0

lib/loopback.js

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ function createApplication() {
 
   merge(app, proto);
 
+  app.loopback = loopback;
+
   // Create a new instance of models registry per each app instance
   app.models = function() {
     return proto.models.apply(this, arguments);

test/app.test.js

@@ -524,4 +524,9 @@ describe('app', function() {
       expect(app2.get('key'), 'app2 value').to.equal(undefined);
     });
   });
+
+  it('exposes loopback as a property', function() {
+    var app = loopback();
+    expect(app.loopback).to.equal(loopback);
+  });
 });