Merge branch 'master' into ci-and-ce-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb b/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb
index 1a2a50a14d0..0ea1b6a2f6f 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Gitlab
       key = :current_application_settings
 
       RequestStore.store[key] ||= begin
-        if ActiveRecord::Base.connected? && ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?('application_settings')
+        if connect_to_db?
           ApplicationSetting.current || ApplicationSetting.create_from_defaults
         else
           fake_application_settings
@@ -26,5 +26,17 @@ module Gitlab
         import_sources: Settings.gitlab['import_sources']
       )
     end
+
+    private
+
+    def connect_to_db?
+      use_db = if ENV['USE_DB'] == "false"
+                 false
+               else
+                 true
+               end
+
+      use_db && ActiveRecord::Base.connection.active? && ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?('application_settings')
+    end
   end
 end