create/drop test and development databases only if RAILS_ENV is nil

Closes #13625

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
index 3d795ca689..58dfa2c5a5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ db_namespace = namespace :db do
     end
   end
 
-  desc 'Create the database from DATABASE_URL or config/database.yml for the current Rails.env (use db:create:all to create all databases in the config)'
+  desc 'Creates the database from DATABASE_URL or config/database.yml for the current RAILS_ENV (use db:create:all to create all databases in the config). Without RAILS_ENV it defaults to creating the development and test databases.'
   task :create => [:load_config] do
     ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.create_current
   end
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ db_namespace = namespace :db do
     end
   end
 
-  desc 'Drops the database using DATABASE_URL or the current Rails.env (use db:drop:all to drop all databases)'
+  desc 'Drops the database from DATABASE_URL or config/database.yml for the current RAILS_ENV (use db:drop:all to drop all databases in the config). Without RAILS_ENV it defaults to dropping the development and test databases.'
   task :drop => [:load_config] do
     ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.drop_current
   end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb
index afd493011e..6ce0495f6f 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       def each_current_configuration(environment)
         environments = [environment]
-        environments << 'test' if environment == 'development'
+        # add test environment only if no RAILS_ENV was specified.
+        environments << 'test' if environment == 'development' && ENV['RAILS_ENV'].nil?
 
         configurations = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations.values_at(*environments)
         configurations.compact.each do |configuration|