Database tasks can SKIP_TEST_DATABASE with environment variable

Co-Authored-By: Bob Whitelock <bob.whitelock1@gmail.com>
Co-Authored-By: Rafael França <rafael@franca.dev>
Co-Authored-By: KapilSachdev <kapilsachdev03@gmail.com>

activerecord/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*   Add `SKIP_TEST_DATABASE` environment variable to disable modifying the test database when `rails db:create` and `rails db:drop` are called.
+
+    *Jason Schweier*
+
 *   `connects_to` can only be called on `ActiveRecord::Base` or abstract classes.
 
     Ensure that `connects_to` can only be called from `ActiveRecord::Base` or abstract classes. This protects the application from opening duplicate or too many connections.

activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb

@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         def each_current_configuration(environment, name = nil)
           environments = [environment]
-          environments << "test" if environment == "development" && !ENV["DATABASE_URL"]
+          environments << "test" if environment == "development" && !ENV["SKIP_TEST_DATABASE"] && !ENV["DATABASE_URL"]
 
           environments.each do |env|
             ActiveRecord::Base.configurations.configs_for(env_name: env).each do |db_config|

activerecord/test/cases/tasks/database_tasks_test.rb

@@ -447,6 +447,29 @@ module ActiveRecord
       ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = old_env
     end
 
+    def test_creates_development_database_without_test_database_when_skip_test_database
+      old_env = ENV["RAILS_ENV"]
+      ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "development"
+      ENV["SKIP_TEST_DATABASE"] = "true"
+
+      with_stubbed_configurations_establish_connection do
+        assert_called_with(
+          ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks,
+          :create,
+          [
+            [config_for("development", "primary")]
+          ],
+        ) do
+          ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.create_current(
+            ActiveSupport::StringInquirer.new("development")
+          )
+        end
+      end
+    ensure
+      ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = old_env
+      ENV.delete("SKIP_TEST_DATABASE")
+    end
+
     def test_establishes_connection_for_the_given_environments
       ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.stub(:create, nil) do
         assert_called_with(ActiveRecord::Base, :establish_connection, [:development]) do